Re:Doing Laundry on Campus Without a Phone
by sznio on Saturday September 02, 2023 @04:20AM
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Can't they just... ask the user?
If a simple yes/no prompt is good enough for porn, I guess it's good enough for a scooter too.
Re:Doing Laundry on Campus Without a Phone
by ido on Saturday September 02, 2023 @05:24AM
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An underage user can die from using a scooter but not from watching porn.
Re:Doing Laundry on Campus Without a Phone
by midasuni on Saturday September 02, 2023 @05:34AM
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A parent can unlock a scooter for their underage kid if they don’t unlock one for themselves.
Re:Doing Laundry on Campus Without a Phone
by ido on Saturday September 02, 2023 @06:04AM
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I’m sure you can find a lot of edge cases and work around but at some point you get to “we don’t need passwords because someone can crack them anyway”.
The fact is that there’s nothing potentially dangerous about minor watching porn where there is about minimum age requirements for electric scooters.
A bike does not require a minimum age but an e-scooter does. The app probably knows the age of the user, but has no way to determine the age of the user of additional scooters.
It could cross-reference data from social media accounts, and if all friends of the user fullfil the required minimum age then offer additional scooters.