NEW YORK (AP) -- A leading security company is exploring technology for verifying whether a user is a child or an adult by analyzing a bone in a person's finger.
Users simply place a middle finger against a device that attaches to a computer. The device uses ultrasound waves to check more than a dozen biometric attributes, including how much calcium is present (children have less than adults).
The device can then determine the probability the user is a child or an adult.
As if this would be always accurate and could distinguish if someone is 17 or 19
but then again, if you are 19 and the device wilkl tell you you are a child, you can sue the producer and get $50 Million
I wouldn't be suprised if we see more of this sort of thing.
Once a feesable method of accurately verifying age over the internet becomes available the government will seriously consider requiring all adult themed sites to deploy the technology, much like the V-Chip.
For the patent holder of such technology, that will be good news. You want an adult site, you'll have to pay a royalty.
I still think the best way is to label sites with ICRA.org codes. MSIE comes standard with parental controls that make use of those codes, and kids simply can't get around it. The key is getting all adult sites to include it, which won't happen unless it's made into a law....
That will never fly.
a) the cost of buying such a device would sky high. Generally people with kids don't have that kind of money.
b) How will this device tell you if it's adult content they are looking at?
c) Small boned people - like Jordan Capri - although of legal age wouldn't be able to log on as an adult.
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WTF ever happened to personal responsibility. I am a aprent of a9 year old. I am responsible for his internet useage. I can tell you my kid has been on the net since he was 4 and he has NEVER seen porn. He doesn't have an e-mail address( WTF do kids need e-mail for? ) and he's is not allowed to chat. That's called PARENTING.
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