PlayStation To Require Age Verification For Certain Online Features

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• lemmyng@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  So when they say age verification, do they mean “show us your ID”, or “enter your birthdate”?

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  • REDACTED@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “enter your birthdate”

    Technically would not that be age confirmation, not verification?

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• Eggyhead@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m pretty sure my account itself is old enough to drink at this point.

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• garretble@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The funny thing I’ve had the same PSN account since the PS3, and it’s old enough to vote.

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  • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Platforms should always have that be the first check before falling back to multiple other data sources.

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    • absquatulate@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And miss grabbing that juicy data of yours? Thats like leaving money on the table! Think of the shareholders, man.

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  • SwifferWetjet@thelemmy.club ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I ditched mine when I was I think 13. Rip fruitsalad01 lol

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• MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Age Verification Identity Verification

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• simple@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  feeling better and better for ditching PS for the past few years

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  • tinned_tomatoes@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What’re you going to do when Steam inevitably does this?

    I’ll laugh when it happens, given my Steam account is almost 23 years old.

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    • I_Jedi@lemmy.today ⁨44⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      If Steam becomes nonviable, then I will:

      • Download my backlog and look into cracking their reliance on Steam, if any.
      • Buy stuff on JAST, GOG, itch io, DLSite. Maybe DMM, Patreon, and Epic Games Store if I’m desperate.
      • Otherwise, well, you know how I’ll get those games.

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    • lyralycan@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Steam is turning into a sour grape for me - I complied with their restrictive and ancient method of age verification for UK accounts but I kind of want to migrate off them (they also charge high fees for devs, make it ridiculously difficult for new devs to exist, can singlehandedly destroy a studio and are very much monopolising the PC games industry so there’s also ethics) - in favour of GOG. At least with them you own your games, and can (shock horror) even choose whether or not to update and patch that way to glitch out of the map, or duplicate those orbs for currency, or anything else that doesnt comply with the specific way you’re allowed to play with the world they built.

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    • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Lutris

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  • lyralycan@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Xbox has had this for quite a while now (although I haven’t checked if that’s UK exclusive yet)

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• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yikes. Could we not?

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• OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And after all this still no mods :(

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• EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Clarification for those of you who are also using an adblocker and get denied access to the site, this seems to be in the UK only and is yet another result of their age verification tear they’ve been on.

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  • lyralycan@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m using an adblocker and get in just fine, may be random or it may be the js blockers I’ve implemented. Here’s my list of lists in case:

    • AdAway Default Blocklist
    • Peter Lowe’s Blocklist
    • OISD Blocklist Big
    • uBlock₀ filters – Badware risks
    • HaGeZi’s Ultimate Blocklist
    • AdGuard DNS filter
    • Phishing URL Blocklist (PhishTank and OpenPhish)
    • Perflyst and Dandelion Sprout’s Smart-TV Blocklist
    • Phishing Army
    • HaGeZi’s Windows/Office Tracker Blocklist
    • Malicious URL Blocklist (URLHaus)
    • EasyList Cookie Blocker
    • No Google (disabled for now)

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  • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    not what the article says, the article specifically says:

    The age-verification process will be implemented globally,

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• BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sony really eager to kill off communication on their system. Fucking bootlickers.

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