Reddit introduces age verification in the UK ahead of new rules
Reddit introduces age verification in the UK ahead of new rules
The platform will bring in the measures from 14 July to stop under-18s looking at "certain mature content".
Reddit added that Persona "promises not to retain the picture for longer than seven days" and will not have access to a user's data on the site.
Awesome, I totally trust this random company then. I'm sure they'll never have a data breach !
Very careful wording there - this leaves them open to...
a. Sell it to Reddit.
b. Pass it to their partner company who "archives" it.
c. Sell it to someone else.
If you want to know this information, it would be stupid to just read the press release. This information is contained in a privacy policy, which is much more detailed than a press release, which never contains details like this which - let's be honest - most people don't give a shit about.
Persona's privacy policy is here. It does not cover selling your data to reddit or any other company - which means that under EU and California law, doing so is not legal. It does say it will share your data among affiliates such as to "archive" it - but I don't really see the issue with that specifically. The fact that your personal data is sitting in an Amazon S3 bucket is not of itself a problem, except if there is a problem with S3. You're exposed to similar risks if Persona keeps all the data itself.
Because nothing protects children more than uploading their selfie or government id to a random company who "promises" to delete the information seven days later .. because of course it will and everyone will be able to check and see the pink unicorn in person.
This legislation will make sure everything gets locked behind an identifying login, lest a bad word might appear, and they get fined.
Good for the platforms and government ofcourse. It's only us people that lose.
Move along now. The joint corporate government newspeak will save you from evil! For the children!
I will never verify my age online with a picture of my face. Its astounding people go along with this
Fuck reddit. It's become a right wing honey pot
This should be illegal.
Give your info to the cooperate overlords to make a better profile of us, that way they'll be able to better manipulate us. Gotta teach AI about us.
