cm0002@lemmings.world to Linux@programming.dev · 1 day agoOn the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. stateslists.ubuntu.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down13cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.ml
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkOn the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. stateslists.ubuntu.comcm0002@lemmings.world to Linux@programming.dev · 1 day agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: linux@lemmy.ml
minus-squarelambalicious@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoWhich gives away the whole birthday because applications requesting the age bracket can memorize values and notice what day they change.
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoThat is a good point. Websites also if they are visited daily or if a web beacon or such can access the API. Manually adjusting the brackets until 18+ (or just lying about the precise date) would grant more privacy. I can see making that trade-off though.
Which gives away the whole birthday because applications requesting the age bracket can memorize values and notice what day they change.
That is a good point. Websites also if they are visited daily or if a web beacon or such can access the API.
Manually adjusting the brackets until 18+ (or just lying about the precise date) would grant more privacy. I can see making that trade-off though.