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Verisign Develops Token for Age Verification

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."

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  1. Re:Credit card ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  2. Re:Credit card ? by strictfoo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No, it makes sense. Be responsible with your money or you don't get a credit card.

    Can't get a card now? Stop trying to apply every week, wait a couple of months and then get a secured credit (put $150 down, get $300 credit card). Use that responsibility for 1-2 years and then go for a real credit card. In 5-7 years you'll have decent - good credit.

    Have fun!

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