Verisign Develops Token for Age Verification

Verisign Develops Token for Age Verification 417

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday September 24, 2004 @08:04AM 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."

Verisign Develops Token for Age Verification

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I Hope... (Score:1, Funny)

by artlu ( 265391 ) writes: <artlu@art[ ]net ['lu.' in gap]> on Friday September 24, 2004 @08:08AM (#10338709) Homepage Journal

I wont have to get these.. it would keep me out of the bar!

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Sending it to colleges? (Score:5, Funny)

by P-Frank ( 788137 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @08:09AM (#10338716) Homepage

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

Oh noes! (Score:2, Funny)

by IntelliTubbie ( 29947 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @08:11AM (#10338732)

Does this mean that "she looked 18" is no longer a valid defense?

Cheers,
IT

Re:Oh noes! (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @08:12AM (#10338738)

Baby, before I put my hot love stick into you, please insert your USB stick into my PocketPC for age verification.
~~~

Re:Great... (Score:3, Funny)

by animaal ( 183055 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @08:14AM (#10338754)

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

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

Blackmarket (Score:1, Funny)

by mrph ( 708925 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @08:15AM (#10338758) Journal

Imagine the kind of money a 16-year old girls ID tag would bring in.
When the black market for these things gets up to speed, the situation will be as silly as it is today .

Re:Oh noes! (Score:4, Funny)

by Tony Hoyle ( 11698 ) writes: <tmh@nodomain.org> on Friday September 24, 2004 @08:17AM (#10338770) Homepage

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

And you know it'll never be cracked because... (Score:2, Funny)

by eric_brissette ( 778634 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @08:19AM (#10338785)

... it's all encrypted on a Lexar JumpDrive

Re:Age? (Score:2, Funny)

by nagora ( 177841 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @08:29AM (#10338852)

Otherwise, come the kids birthday, the token will need updating again.
And Verisign get paid again. I think you've hit on a business plan, there.
TWW

Re:Cart before the horse..... (Score:1, Funny)

by sita ( 71217 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @08:30AM (#10338854)

Untill they surgically graft these fobbles to the children and make them unstealable (ooops not possible), then they are pointless.

Even then, a pedophile could steal a kid and insert him or her into his USB socket.

eeeeewwwwwww (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @08:31AM (#10338858)

Creeper! When I saw u on #funtalk teh other nite, u were all like a/s/l? And I was all liek no. u a/s/l first! and u were all like 16 and thwen we cybered.
Now ur saying studnt dating is the good ol days? ur not 16! Gross!

So perverts now have a legitimate reason to ask.. (Score:3, Funny)

by Zog The Undeniable ( 632031 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @08:35AM (#10338889)

"Let me see your dongle."

Re:Get lost Veribad. (Score:5, Funny)

by goldspider ( 445116 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @08:37AM (#10338896) Homepage

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

Re:Credit card ? (Score:2, Funny)

by Tim C ( 15259 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @08:39AM (#10338914)

Besides the "problem" of pedophiles in "chat rooms" being completely overblown

That's just what they want you to think! In reality, they've taken over a part of the internet the size of Wales!!

it's a start (Score:4, Funny)

by chegosaurus ( 98703 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @09:15AM (#10339179) Homepage

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.

Re:Rule #1 (Score:3, Funny)

by Taladar ( 717494 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @09:22AM (#10339224)

noncounterproductive
You mean "productive"?

Re:Sending it to colleges? (Score:4, Funny)

by Talthane ( 699885 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @09:23AM (#10339227)

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.

Re:There's already a device that protects children (Score:1, Funny)

by JazzXP ( 770338 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @09:37AM (#10339315) Homepage

Nope, doesn't work... many are faulty and should be returned.

In lieu of a credit card, here's how it works (Score:4, Funny)

by 192939495969798999 ( 58312 ) writes: <info AT devinmoore DOT com> on Friday September 24, 2004 @09:46AM (#10339415) Homepage Journal

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

Re:Rule #1 (Score:3, Funny)

by Bastian ( 66383 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @09:46AM (#10339417)

Yes.

In the same way that non-negative means >0.

What's the point? (Score:3, Funny)

by liquidsin ( 398151 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @10:09AM (#10339606) Homepage

I'm already working under the assumption that every eleven year old girl I'm chatting up on irc is either a 37 y/o truck driver from Idaho or an FBI agent.

Can't they come up with a better stupid idea? (Score:3, Funny)

by scruffy ( 29773 ) writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @12:43PM (#10341097)

Surely Verisign can come up with a better stupid idea than this.
Oh yeah, there was Sitefinder. Never mind.

Not New (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @01:36PM (#10341884)

Gender verification by checking a dongle has been going on for generations. The state of the dongle may also provide some information about the person's age (among other things), but this is usually less accurate.

Little Girl (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday September 24, 2004 @02:22PM (#10342520)

Good, Because I really hate when I am chatting up a little girl and she turns out to be a cop

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I Hope... (Score:1, Funny)

Sending it to colleges? (Score:5, Funny)

Oh noes! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Oh noes! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Great... (Score:3, Funny)

Blackmarket (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Oh noes! (Score:4, Funny)

And you know it'll never be cracked because... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Age? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Cart before the horse..... (Score:1, Funny)

eeeeewwwwwww (Score:2, Funny)

So perverts now have a legitimate reason to ask.. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Get lost Veribad. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Credit card ? (Score:2, Funny)

it's a start (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Rule #1 (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Sending it to colleges? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:There's already a device that protects children (Score:1, Funny)

In lieu of a credit card, here's how it works (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Rule #1 (Score:3, Funny)

What's the point? (Score:3, Funny)

Can't they come up with a better stupid idea? (Score:3, Funny)

Not New (Score:1, Funny)

Little Girl (Score:2, Funny)

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