cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/43948771

Reddit hires company to verify user age with selfie or photo of government ID.

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago

There's already a big flaw in this, and it won't work with teenagers.

If they want to access Reddit, they'll just do something like grab a pic of their grandparent who never uses Reddit, sneak out their ID whilst they're sleeping, and get verification without anyone getting notified.
Sounds extreme but I can just imagine teens doing this without issue. It would be extremely easy.

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