Re:Roblox Requires Age Checks for Communication, Ushering in...
by samename on Thursday November 20, 2025 @12:15AM
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I agree that separating kids from adults is an improvement, but I disagree this is a "great step" due to the mechanism. Using a child's biometrics is a horrible step. Why can't this just be done with parental controls? We should not normalize games collecting biometrics on children. I don't expect them to keep the data safe or to not abuse the data.
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Re:Roblox Requires Age Checks for Communication, Ushering in...
by sanex on Thursday November 20, 2025 @11:54AM
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Yeah parental controls is probably the optimal solution. Biometrics makes me uncomfortable as well. They say they're deleting it immediately but do you trust them? I know better than to trust in anything being deleted.