An Angus Reid survey says three-quarters of more than 4,000 respondents are in favour of a ban like the one in Australia, where youth under 16 are prevented from setting up accounts on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and Threads.

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[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I live in Canada, so not sure what the USA has to do with my verification capabilities. (This article is also Canadian, so not sure what the US has to do with anything)

But there still needs to be some mechanism for said discovery. If that mechanism is me being subjected to an AI "facial estimate" or uploading my ID, those are big NO's for me.

If there is a privatized mechanism used simply for "yes this person is an adult" then fine. But as of right now there is no such privatized mechanism in Canada.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If there is a privatized mechanism used simply for "yes this person is an adult" then fine. But as of right now there is no such privatized mechanism in Canada.

There is. It's 3rd party verification via major banks or your provincial services account. They don't give your ID out, it's a vouching system.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Which province are you in? I've never heard of such a thing in my province?

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 0 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Sign into a government website like CRA

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

That is Identity Verification. CRA confirms a lot more with your bank than just your age.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

You're daft. I'm done.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

I'm daft for knowing that CRA and your bank verify identity by both having your social insurance number and CRA uses the bank to authenticate you because they have trouble with ensuring their own authentication is secure? As evidenced by the account issues they had a few years ago?

Sure. Then call me daft.

Like I said before, if someone can come up with a privatized way to vouch for my age (and only my age) without needing to scan and store my ID, verify my SIN, or AI "assess" my face, then great. As of right now, it doesn't exist and I don't trust any age restrictions on web access to not lead to such crap as "just upload a photo of your driver's license, we pinky promise to delete it...eventually..."

The solution CRA and the banks use only works because they both store your SIN and that is their identifier. CRA just trusts that the bank is better at authentication than they are. It's DEFINITELY not a privatized login system.