GamingBot@lemmy.zipMB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 22 days agoLinux and open source getting age checking exemptions could be problematicwww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up139
arrow-up139external-linkLinux and open source getting age checking exemptions could be problematicwww.gamingonlinux.comGamingBot@lemmy.zipMB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 days agoWhy would my utilities require age verification? I don’t have or want credit cards.
minus-square__反いじめ戦隊@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoWhat utility company charges without ID‽
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoI have never had any of them check. I created an account with details they sent in the post addressed to the homeowner
minus-square__反いじめ戦隊@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-221 days agoyeah, they validate the homeowner matches the landlord’s addresses, otherwise they couldn’t serve the proper unit/terminal…. that’s Identification.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoThe only validation is someone is paying for the energy at this address. They don’t really care beyond that.
minus-square__反いじめ戦隊@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoMiss a single bill. See how your validation crumbles.
minus-squarehdnclr@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoThat it to their point, yes. Cash is the only ‘validation’ at work here Ps - it’s better if they don’t have your real info so it won’t affect your real credit ;)
Why would my utilities require age verification? I don’t have or want credit cards.
What utility company charges without ID‽
I have never had any of them check. I created an account with details they sent in the post addressed to the homeowner
yeah, they validate the homeowner matches the landlord’s addresses, otherwise they couldn’t serve the proper unit/terminal….
that’s Identification.
The only validation is someone is paying for the energy at this address. They don’t really care beyond that.
Miss a single bill. See how your validation crumbles.
That it to their point, yes. Cash is the only ‘validation’ at work here
Ps - it’s better if they don’t have your real info so it won’t affect your real credit ;)
I am British, what’s credit