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Australia’s under-16 social media ban to use hand-waving to verify ages with AI (pivot-to-ai.com)
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[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Even if this was 100% accurate, which it obviously can't be, what's stopping someone who's under 16 from just using someone else's hand? Seems little better than the classic verification method of entering your birth date.

[–] RustyShackleford 10 points 2 days ago

The elderly hand market is about to see a steep increase in purchases. What about all the elderly who will loose their hands, we all saw how bad it was when people were stealing catalytic converters. 😓

/s since a chunk of users can’t read sarcasm lol.