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[Solidus_T]

This is hilariously bad. Not only is it an invasion of privacy, but just how many times their software will misfire on a person's age is another terminal deterrent.

 

[cash_longfellow]

This isn’t going to fly.

 

[Robb]

I’m not sure if that’s enough. We need eye scans and blood samples as well, just to be sure. Making sure some underage kid doesn’t play GTA is worth the intrusion, surely?

 

[Celcius]

horrible idea

 

[yurinka]

Sure, but I also have a nice tinfoil hat to protect myself. There is being cautious and there is this.

As an example, Apple is threatening to pull Facetime and iMessage from UK if they proceed with their current "But think if the children" encryption backdoor bill.

It's a publicly known fact, not a conspiracy theory. Don't be a flat earther.

One of many programs to do that is PRISM, at the end of the wikipedia article there are some more listed like Echelon, Turbine or Carnivore:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data?guni=Network front:network-front main-2 Special trail:Network front - special trailosition1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/inve...ebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html?hpid=z1

The reason of why USA and allied countries are hostile with Tik Tok, Chinese 5G or brands like Huawei is because they aren't happy with Chinese companies not wanting to share that info with them and keeping that data for the Chinese government.

P.S.: The backdoors and surveillance isn't only done via OS level, but also at app level, internet/phone connection level etc.

Extra info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosures_(2013–present)

 

[EverydayBeast]

Tech wise we know facial recognition is most likely the way going forward.

 

[Games of Today]

It would be absolutely hilarious if that software failed to recognize ages correctly for some facial types (eg asian).
Because that's how these facial recognition softwares usually work - really well on some facial types, really badly on others.

It never fails to make me laugh when these companies create A.I. that's so smart that it starts basing it's answers off of stereotypes, etc and then everyone starts freaking out while getting offended.

 

[Rawbutt Jellybean]

Sorry Andy Milonakis, you're going to have to keep playing Roblox.

 

[gela94]

tbf if the Chinese government can get this to work at scale on their citizens who ahem look mighty similar to one another when looking at a crowd then this will be wee buns for us westerners

How do you know it works accurately, I'm suuure the CCP would come out with a statement that the system is not 100%accurate if that's the case.

 

[adamsapple]

Fuck off ESRB.

 

[gela94]

It's a publicly known fact, not a conspiracy theory. Don't be a flat earther.

One of many programs to do that is PRISM, at the end of the wikipedia article there are some more listed like Echelon, Turbine or Carnivore:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data?guni=Network front:network-front main-2 Special trail:Network front - special trailosition1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/inve...ebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html?hpid=z1

The reason of why USA and allied countries are hostile with Tik Tok, Chinese 5G or brands like Huawei is because they aren't happy with Chinese companies not wanting to share that info with them and keeping that data for the Chinese government.

P.S.: The backdoors and surveillance isn't only done via OS level, but also at app level, internet/phone connection level etc.

Extra info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosures_(2013–present)

That is too much information for me, I've a huawei.... maybe I should pzt it in the microwave

 

[lughnasadh123]

ESRB: "we want to keep people safe"
also ESRB: "A/S/L?"

 

[Nemesisuuu]

How about some dick recognition, something for them to suck on?

 

[Jack Videogames]

2025. This item tops the Amazon sales chart month after month and nobody knows why.

 

[mckmas8808]

There's no fucking way a system like this would be accurate enough for someone who has just turned the right age.

Yep! There's literally a 0% chance this will be actually accurate.

 

[IAmRei]

what if we had a baby face? especially asian, they tend to be younger

 

[Fbh]

Lol yeah no thx.

All this does is to make piracy a better alternative.

The year is 2035.

Pirated game:
- Download
- Install
- Play

Legally purchased $90 videogame:
For the protection of the kids you need to provide:
- Complete scan of your face to check age
- Urine and blood sample to double check age
- Need to provide credentials to all your social media so the company can check you aren't a predator, haven't said anything insensitive in the last 15 years (PM's included) and don't follow anyone from the limited list of 8459 "probelmatic" accounts.
- Need to provide exact address including time frame of when you are usually at home in case private investigators from Pinkerton decide to come unannounced to triple check your age in person
- Copy of your contract with an ISP proving you have access to the 900mb/s minimum connection speed to run Super Denuvo.

 

[ShadowLag]

I feel like a lot of you aren't reading the OP:

Simply put, the parent takes a selfie, assisted by an "auto face capture module," which is then analyzed by the system to ensure it's the face of an adult, who can then grant whatever permissions are required. The entire process of verification takes less than a second "on average," and images are permanently deleted after the verification is complete.

So this is basically an optional parental control -- not a mandatory ESRB check on every game on every system. No different to FaceID on a phone, I suppose. I'm not opposed to that option on consoles/PCs -- but I probably wouldn't use it personally.

The bolded is guaranteed to be entirely false. It's too easy to store without anyone finding out, and it happens all the time.

Where there's smoke, there's fire.

A company no one's heard of called "Superawesome" whose front page looks like this:

Wants to "build a safer Internet" by using AI to analyze photos of kids and parents so Little Timmy can't boot up Unapproved Videogame Title(TM)? Nahhh.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Sounds like the operation my third uncle had going on in Phoenix...

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Well, "those who give up liberty for security deserve neither"

This quote was never about liberty initially but is actually brilliant and perfectly symptomatic on our current, stupid, and sick society.

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[Facism]

I've got a facial for esrb right here, fucking mugs

 

[Red5]

Face ID will replace fingerprint in government databases sooner or later, CCTV cameras linked to a neural network similar to Minority Report isn't that farfetched, the technology is here already, and it started in China, the US won't be far behind, they'll call it a necessity for national security like the Patriot Act and roll it out.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Face ID will replace fingerprint in government databases sooner or later, CCTV cameras linked to a neural network similar to Minority Report isn't that farfetched, the technology is here already, and it started in China, the US won't be far behind, they'll call it a necessity for national security like the Patriot Act and roll it out.

 

[RedC]

Face ID will replace fingerprint in government databases sooner or later, CCTV cameras linked to a neural network similar to Minority Report isn't that farfetched, the technology is here already, and it started in China, the US won't be far behind, they'll call it a necessity for national security like the Patriot Act and roll it out.

Big Brother looking out for us.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Big Brother looking out for us.

 

[RedC]

Hell, we damn near there already.

Just look at how technologically dependent we are and the digital footprints we leave behind.

 

[GHound]

How about the ESRB fucks off instead?