"Please sign in to confirm your age." Is it a pointless security measure?

[Jonathan Sensei]

This is something i've always wondered; why do websites and the like have this in the first place?

-Edit- Found an answer to this question. Thanks to everyone who posted their thoughts about this -- it has helped my understanding of this feature.

[Vindfari]

I'm guessing it's just added protection against bots really. Plus, some sites even use it to lock off certain parts of the site/game if the player is too young. For example, when I playde ROBLOX, I put in my birth date and it enabled "privacy mode" which I couldn't turn off. I was allowed access when I turned 13.

[Fiercest Tuna]

Pretty much pointless since every child who wants to buy a game or something and it is 18+ or 17+ or something always putting in fake numbers. Pretty pointless and useless imo

[Jonathan Sensei]

Publicado originalmente por Lord Deathera:

I'm guessing it's just added protection against bots really. Plus, some sites even use it to lock off certain parts of the site/game if the player is too young. For example, when I played ROBLOX, I put in my birth date and it enabled "privacy mode" which I couldn't turn off. I was allowed access when I turned 13.

Interesting. Yet, that raises the question as to why someone would use a bot to access a site that (hypothetically speaking), is 18+ and the like?

[Vindfari]

Publicado originalmente por Coffin:

Publicado originalmente por Lord Deathera:

I'm guessing it's just added protection against bots really. Plus, some sites even use it to lock off certain parts of the site/game if the player is too young. For example, when I played ROBLOX, I put in my birth date and it enabled "privacy mode" which I couldn't turn off. I was allowed access when I turned 13.

Interesting. Yet, that raises the question as to why someone would use a bot to access a site that (hypothetically speaking), is 18+ and the like?

Why do people spam websites with bots in the first place?

[Jonathan Sensei]

Publicado originalmente por Lord Deathera:

Publicado originalmente por Coffin:

Interesting. Yet, that raises the question as to why someone would use a bot to access a site that (hypothetically speaking), is 18+ and the like?

Why do people spam websites with bots in the first place?

You tell me, I genuinely don't know why... & yes I am this backwards with technology.

[Vindfari]

I have no clue either. It's pointless as far as I can see, but they still do it.

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It's like other 'adult' website asking if you're 18 or above... click yes andddd you're good to go.

[Fiercest Tuna]

Publicado originalmente por WinRAR:

It's like other 'adult' website asking if you're 18 or above... click yes andddd you're good to go.

But still pointless

[Jonathan Sensei]

Publicado originalmente por WinRAR:

It's like other 'adult' website asking if you're 18 or above... click yes andddd you're good to go.

Then why do they even put it there if all a person needs to do is to just falsify the information to enter?

[ostar]

It's not a security measure, against either underage or bots.

It's a liability measure.

"They said they were of age, it's not our fault [insert name] did or learned [insert thing here]."

[Fiercest Tuna]

Publicado originalmente por ostar:

It's not a security measure, against either underage or bots.

It's a liability measure.

"They said they were of age, it's not our fault [insert name] did or learned [insert thing here]."

But still, underage people can still bypass it very easily, just add fake stuff and you're good to go

[Zefar]

Publicado originalmente por GOTTA GET A GRIP:

Publicado originalmente por ostar:

It's not a security measure, against either underage or bots.

It's a liability measure.

"They said they were of age, it's not our fault [insert name] did or learned [insert thing here]."

But still, underage people can still bypass it very easily, just add fake stuff and you're good to go

But now they can't get sued from it. That's why it's there. There is a reason sites ask for age from time to time. If it was just a silly feature with no consequences it wouldn't be used.

[ostar]

Publicado originalmente por Zefar:

Publicado originalmente por GOTTA GET A GRIP:

But still, underage people can still bypass it very easily, just add fake stuff and you're good to go

But now they can't get sued from it. That's why it's there. There is a reason sites ask for age from time to time. If it was just a silly feature with no consequences it wouldn't be used.

That's a less...gruff...way to put it lol.



Simply, it's not intended to be an underage deterrant.

[Jonathan Sensei]

Publicado originalmente por Zefar:

Publicado originalmente por GOTTA GET A GRIP:

But still, underage people can still bypass it very easily, just add fake stuff and you're good to go

But now they can't get sued from it. That's why it's there. There is a reason sites ask for age from time to time. If it was just a silly feature with no consequences it wouldn't be used.

So let me make sure i'm comprehending this right... person puts in false into to a site that has this feature, tries to blame the site for "inappropriate content, etc" that person can be sued because they bypassed that liability measure?

[ostar]

Publicado originalmente por Coffin:

Publicado originalmente por Zefar:

But now they can't get sued from it. That's why it's there. There is a reason sites ask for age from time to time. If it was just a silly feature with no consequences it wouldn't be used.

So let me make sure i'm comprehending this right... person puts in false into to a site that has this feature, tries to blame the site for "inappropriate content, etc"

Stop there.

It's so the site can't be sued because the underage saw that stuff.