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Maybe they should. It would be far less intrusive for venders who wish to sell age restricted goods to simply have it built in like that.
by onepointsixC 3mo ago
Maybe they should. It would be far less intrusive for venders who wish to sell age restricted goods to simply have it built in like that.
- ceejayoz 3mo agoYou want to let every merchant I swipe my card at know my age? To improve privacy?
- galleywest200 3mo agoNo, the assumption is that you must be 18 years old to apply for a credit card. Surely we could have the machines determine that an "authorized user card" does not guarantee 18+ but the actual card does.
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- nairboon 3mo agoThey don't need to know the exact age. But if kids couldn't get credit cards... then possession of a credit card would be a proof of adulthood.
- ACCount37 3mo agoAn absence of "this user is underage" flag would be good enough. Less than 1 bit of private information leaked by transaction.
- scottlamb 3mo agoceejayoz> You want to let every merchant I swipe my card at know my age? To improve privacy? Remember the site guidelines: SG> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. The obvious solution is instead of "every transaction comes with the user's birthday", the vendor can in some way set a minimum age enum of say (13, 15, 18, 21, 25) — a handful of ages that are significant with respect to some law or regulation. Then the transaction succeeds or fails.