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A look at AI age scanners, which websites use to verify a person's age by analyzing their facial patterns via webcam to help safeguard kids online (Drew Harwell/Washington Post) (www.techmeme.com)

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Drew Harwell / Washington Post: A look at AI age scanners, which websites use to verify a person's age by analyzing their facial patterns via webcam to help safeguard kids online — “Age assurance” checks are increasingly popular among lawmakers trying to wall kids off from the open internet.

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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

I'd be shocked that parents would allow a company to video record their children. I just see this as biometric data harvesting in its infancy.