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| Website Unveils Foolproof Age Verification Test | Top |
| Many websites require users to verify their age before they can use the site or to register. In order to have a Facebook account, for example, users must be thirteen years of age or older. However, as the parents of many Facebook-using children can attest, it is no real challenge for underage people to sign up for Facebook or other websites. Just change the year you were born by a few years and you're in! How, then, can websites verify the age of their users? Via Futurelawyer I see that one website has found a creative way to do so -- by forcing users to identify now-obsolete items that only people of a certain age are likely to recognize. Here's one such example: Let's see you identify that, 11-year-olds!! Here are a few other challenges I'd pose to test age: 1. To make sure a person is over 18 years old: 2. To make sure a person is over 30 years old: (Answers: A roll of film; the video game "Pong") | |
| The Day's Three Burning Legal Questions | Top |
| Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: Someone just offered me a bribe! Is there an app for that? Answer: Of course! (WSJ Corruption Currents, New App Lets People 'Check In' When Bribes Are Paid) 2) Question: I'm ready to do some shoplifting at the department store. Is there a way for me to take orders from others who want me to steal something for them? Answer: You can try text messages, but they may be used against you later in court. (WDRB Fox 41, Police say shoe shoplifter took carryout orders) 3) Question: I'm ready to burglarize a town hall but I don't know how to get there. Should I just plug the address into my GPS system? Answer: That will work, short-term, but see the Answer to Queston #2 -- it may be used against you later in court. (The Volokh Conspiracy, Recent Trips Programmed into GPS Device Help Prove Burglaries) | |
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