Mentioned this in another thread, but on the same topic:
It doesn't matter that most 13 year olds know how to spoof k-ID and that it's extremely easy to do so... (it is)
On principle, I have no interest in passing out veritable information about my RL self. It's my responsibility to curate my own experiences online, and if I end up seeing something I don't wish to, that's *my* problem. If I were a parent, it would be my responsibility and duty to educate my kids and curate their experience safely - it would be my responsibility as a parent to teach them how to be safe online.
Part of that education would include, shockingly, *Never Giving Out Your Real Life Age And Location* and *Never Posting RL Selfies To Strangers Who Ask For Them*
Funny that.
DDB has no legal reason to be asking for this information - they are not affected by any of the recent laws being put into place, and they also have no need for it. Simply asking for a user declaration of age is *Enough* - the user does not NEED to verify that with a legal *ID card*, or a *Selfie Video* - as k-ID asks you to provide.
For now, just a basic declaration of age and region is all they're asking for. The key detail is that it's literally just us declaring it as a statement; we're not being asked to prove it with real and veritable information... that is to say, we're not being required to actually verify through k-ID... as long as that's all it remains, that's okay. If they start asking us to provide real and veritable personal information, however, that is where it becomes a problem.
I am an adult; I am responsible for curating my own online experience; that is ALL I am going to give anyone. It is not the place of sites like DDB to censor me 'for my own protection'. I have no interest in providing that degree of personal information to DDB, and if, come January, they decide to restrict my access and remove my ability to utilise content I've paid for personally, then I'm just going to cancel my sub (again) and never use the site again after this.
Ive set my sons age accurately and it prompted a two factor check via email. Entered email, havent received the code and its been over 30 minutes, k id seems crap.
Where is the "kiss my ass, you have enough of my personal information already" checkbox?
Right? Because WHEN there is a data breach on this site, it’ll be included in the data with all of your other information. But hey maybe WotC will give us 5% off a single PDF purchase to apologize for this (assumed) future data breach. 🤣
We have all seen too many companies get hacked for me not to believe that’ll happen. Although WoTC might be sharing the information to advertisers anyway 🤷♂️
US is going to pass KOSA because Congress is full of out-of-touch and/or boot-kissing losers that don't listen to/ignore their constituents unless they have money or are in agreement with their actions.
It'll affect a LOT more after that.
The only English-speaking white-majority nation that WON'T pass these laws soon is Ireland(Until the EU inevitably caves to the interests of a new generation of landed gentry).
I somehow set my age to 0 (I assume US date format tripped me up?) so I had to verify my child gaining access :s
Such daft legislation passed by my own country too :(
Mentioned this in another thread, but on the same topic:
It doesn't matter that most 13 year olds know how to spoof k-ID and that it's extremely easy to do so... (it is)
On principle, I have no interest in passing out veritable information about my RL self. It's my responsibility to curate my own experiences online, and if I end up seeing something I don't wish to, that's *my* problem. If I were a parent, it would be my responsibility and duty to educate my kids and curate their experience safely - it would be my responsibility as a parent to teach them how to be safe online.
Part of that education would include, shockingly, *Never Giving Out Your Real Life Age And Location* and *Never Posting RL Selfies To Strangers Who Ask For Them*
Funny that.
DDB has no legal reason to be asking for this information - they are not affected by any of the recent laws being put into place, and they also have no need for it.
Simply asking for a user declaration of age is *Enough* - the user does not NEED to verify that with a legal *ID card*, or a *Selfie Video* - as k-ID asks you to provide.
For now, just a basic declaration of age and region is all they're asking for. The key detail is that it's literally just us declaring it as a statement; we're not being asked to prove it with real and veritable information... that is to say, we're not being required to actually verify through k-ID... as long as that's all it remains, that's okay. If they start asking us to provide real and veritable personal information, however, that is where it becomes a problem.
I am an adult; I am responsible for curating my own online experience; that is ALL I am going to give anyone. It is not the place of sites like DDB to censor me 'for my own protection'. I have no interest in providing that degree of personal information to DDB, and if, come January, they decide to restrict my access and remove my ability to utilise content I've paid for personally, then I'm just going to cancel my sub (again) and never use the site again after this.
Ive set my sons age accurately and it prompted a two factor check via email. Entered email, havent received the code and its been over 30 minutes, k id seems crap.
Where is the "kiss my ass, you have enough of my personal information already" checkbox?
Right? Because WHEN there is a data breach on this site, it’ll be included in the data with all of your other information. But hey maybe WotC will give us 5% off a single PDF purchase to apologize for this (assumed) future data breach. 🤣
We have all seen too many companies get hacked for me not to believe that’ll happen. Although WoTC might be sharing the information to advertisers anyway 🤷♂️
"What you saw belongs to you. A story doesn't live until it is imagined in someone's mind."
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
US is going to pass KOSA because Congress is full of out-of-touch and/or boot-kissing losers that don't listen to/ignore their constituents unless they have money or are in agreement with their actions.
It'll affect a LOT more after that.
The only English-speaking white-majority nation that WON'T pass these laws soon is Ireland(Until the EU inevitably caves to the interests of a new generation of landed gentry).
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