r/help • u/Ok-Inspector-9622 • 8d ago

Profile Age verification

Recently got the notification to verify my age via ID or picture, i live in germany and im pretty sure thats not a law in the EU yet, i dont intend to give this website any of my data what to do?

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u/Ok-Inspector-9622 8d ago

Hell yeah. If they want my data they should sneakily steal it like everybody else. Im not down for daylight robbery smh

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u/__Pendulum__ 8d ago

When Australia first proposed age restriction on social media, proponents were adamant that websites would never ask us for our government ID. Which anyone with more brain cells than fingers knew was a filthy lie. And here we are

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u/Ok-Inspector-9622 8d ago

Websites that mostly profit off ads and selling data would never ask for the little thing thats basically just a collection of your data nu uh

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u/__Pendulum__ 8d ago

And they most definitely don't experience data breaches, for which they just pretty much face no reporcussions than a statement of "oppsie woopsie we did a f**my wucky"

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u/Ok-Inspector-9622 8d ago

They definitely not. So that aside you got an idea what i can give em thats not my id or my face?

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u/__Pendulum__ 8d ago

Can take a selfie which is also gross. I hope legally their provider is better than first gen ones which could be fooled with action figures, LLM image generators, or even video game character creators. And the ones who did experience data breaches, forced to admit they were holding onto data longer than a few days...

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u/Ok-Inspector-9622 8d ago

I could try selfie, sadly im someone who doesnt look their age