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Verisign Develops Token for Age Verification

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the plugging-in dept.

FirstTimeCaller writes "A Reuters article is reporting that Verisign in conjunction with an unnamed children's safety group, will release a USB token that can be plugged into a PC to verify the age and gender of a person participating in online chat rooms. According to the article, the token will be available free to students in a handful of schools this fall. School administrators will provide a list of students, with their ages and genders, and VeriSign will encode that information onto the tokens."

9 of 417 comments (clear)

  1. Sending it to colleges? by P-Frank · · Score: 5, Funny

    Excellent! I figure by about noon tomorrow I'll download a patch that "officially" makes me a 16 year old girl.

    1. Re:Sending it to colleges? by Talthane · · Score: 3, Funny

      I figure by about noon tomorrow I'll download a patch that "officially" makes me a 16 year old girl.

      Well, everyone needs a hobby.

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  2. Re:Oh noes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Baby, before I put my hot love stick into you, please insert your USB stick into my PocketPC for age verification.

    ~~~

  3. Re:Great... by animaal · · Score: 3, Funny

    "...All it takes is enough drink and the right students..."

    Ah, the good old days of student dating...

  4. Re:Oh noes! by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 3, Funny

    But "She had a token proving she was 18" is very probably a valid defence....

  5. Re:Get lost Veribad. by goldspider · · Score: 4, Funny

    Use of Tired Cliches: Check!
    Arrogance: Check!
    Rightious Indignity: Check!
    Teen Angst: Check!
    Hip-Sounding Paranoia: Check!
    Rebellion Against "The Man": Check!

    Thank you for verifying your age. You are indeed a teenager as you claim.

    -Verisign

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    "Ask not what your country can do for you." --John F. Kennedy
  6. it's a start by chegosaurus · · Score: 3, Funny

    So now I know the girl I'm talking to is genuinely 16. Now all I need is a token that proves she's genuinely hot.

  7. Re:Rule #1 by Taladar · · Score: 3, Funny
    noncounterproductive
    You mean "productive"?
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    Linux is not Windows
  8. In lieu of a credit card, here's how it works by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The device drills a hole in the kid's head and counts the rings. TGIF!

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