GitHub's take on age assurance for developers

(github.blog)

18 points | by hanifbbz 2 hours ago ago

5 comments

  • widforss an hour ago

    When they write "GitHub", I guess they mean "Microsoft"? Maybe this is the hero we deserve, but it's not the hero we need.

  • nchmy an hour ago

    Can someone please ELI5?

    • rjsw 23 minutes ago

      Go and play outside.

  • Animats an hour ago

    Maybe age assurance should be in the display. The display's camera has to verify the age of the viewer to display adult content.

    That might be simpler. Estimating age with a camera is already common in China. Cameras are cheap, and displays now probably have enough processing power to do it locally.

    Will work for TVs, too.

    • rjsw 30 minutes ago

      Kids have already found that drawing a false mustache on themself works to defeat age checks using a camera.