If everyone punches 1/1 as birthdate, then their stats literally flag you as a risk and probably lying about your age, because so many others followed this otherwise simple advice.
You’ll get flagged quicker than anyone as a suspicious person.
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Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Look, if an admin-editable “birthdate” field is the extent of the required OS-level age verification API, then whatever. I can just set it to Unix time 0 and not worry about it.
Parents can, in theory, just set up a user account for their kid with an appropriate age (birth year is plenty of granularity, just put 1/1 as the day) and get any “protections” websites want to implement.
I would prefer this over a face scan or drivers license photo any day, because ultimately it’s still 100% in control of the person who owns the hardware
over_clox@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
that’s why I put in my dads birthdate, he dead, I can remember it. I use it everywhere now that’s not a bank or my government
over_clox@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Fair game, cool cool 👍
I can’t exactly use my dad’s birthday though, I’m saving his other critical numbers in memory for emergency use…
TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
all those downvotes but you’re right
over_clox@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Better off using a more or less random date, or perhaps February 30th…
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Look, if an admin-editable “birthdate” field is the extent of the required OS-level age verification API, then whatever. I can just set it to Unix time 0 and not worry about it.
Oh, no. That’s just what it is today. Are you new here?
over_clox@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Here ya go, fuckit, you get my real name. I died in 1955…
www.findagrave.com/memorial/…/brian_lee-chauvin