cm0002@lemmings.world to Linux@programming.dev · 6 個月前On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. stateslists.ubuntu.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up150cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.ml
arrow-up150external-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 · 6 個月前message-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: linux@lemmy.ml
minus-squarelambalicious@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 個月前Which gives away the whole birthday because applications requesting the age bracket can memorize values and notice what day they change.
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 個月前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.
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.