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Re:Roblox Requires Age Checks for Communication, Ushering in... by samename on Thursday November 20, 2025 @12:15AM (#45989221)
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.
Re:Roblox Requires Age Checks for Communication, Ushering in... by sanex on Thursday November 20, 2025 @11:54AM (#45994739)
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.
Re:Roblox Requires Age Checks for Communication, Ushering in... by samename on Sunday November 23, 2025 @03:19AM (#46021729)
They only claim to delete the picture an video, so I don’t the biometric will be deleted since it’s not mentioned