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Google Canada starts using account activity to estimate your age (mobilesyrup.com)
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Google is rolling out its age assurance technology that uses AI in Canada.

Essentially, the technology uses machine learning to interpret “a variety of signals already associated with the users account, such as the types of information a user has searched for or the categories of videos they’ve watched on YouTube,” in order to determine a user’s age.

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[–] 10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I mean, that's hypothetically less invasive than requiring your photo ID, and it's exactly what people have been asking for for stuff like Steam being required to identify a user's age. If the account itself is over 18 years old, the user is. If it had an attached debit card, you can probably assume it's an adult. Etc.

So on one hand, eww privacy. On the other, it's info they already have on you and better than forcing ID.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Attached debit card would be a bad measure, as there's a lot of parents who would give their kids their card info to save.

    Account age should most definitely be the first measurement, followed by activity(time of day and type of content).

    Either way, you shouldn't have to tell anyone how old you are to use your device.

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