Verisign Develops Token for Age Verification 417
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."
I Hope... (Score:1, Funny)
gShares.net [gshares.net]
Sending it to colleges? (Score:5, Funny)
Oh noes! (Score:2, Funny)
Cheers,
IT
Re:Oh noes! (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Great... (Score:3, Funny)
Ah, the good old days of student dating...
Blackmarket (Score:1, Funny)
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)
And you know it'll never be cracked because... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Age? (Score:2, Funny)
And Verisign get paid again. I think you've hit on a business plan, there.
TWW
Re:Cart before the horse..... (Score:1, Funny)
Even then, a pedophile could steal a kid and insert him or her into his USB socket.
eeeeewwwwwww (Score:2, Funny)
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)
Re:Get lost Veribad. (Score:5, Funny)
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)
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)
Re:Rule #1 (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sending it to colleges? (Score:4, Funny)
Well, everyone needs a hobby.
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)
In the same way that non-negative means >0.
What's the point? (Score:3, Funny)
Can't they come up with a better stupid idea? (Score:3, Funny)
Oh yeah, there was Sitefinder. Never mind.
Not New (Score:1, Funny)
Little Girl (Score:2, Funny)