alt Hacker NewsHow is that dumb? It seems reasonable and pragmatic. If the current status quo is ID uploads and face scans, this seems like the better approach. It shifts the responsibility back to parents. All adult service operators have to do is filter requests with the underage HTTP header set.
How about the part where children cannot legally create accounts of their own, on computers that they own? I did that by the time I was 10.
> It shifts the responsibility back to parents.
Without these stupid laws parents already _have_ that responsibility.