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Apple's new selfie age check for iPhones sounds privacy-friendly. But the question families should ask is who can prove the photo is really deleted.
A Sydney school is under investigation over explicit fake images, while age checks and face scans spread everywhere. Here is what to do, and what never to do, i
Brazil will soon ask people for a face scan to register a phone line. Here is what that means, what nobody has explained yet, and the three questions worth aski
A New Jersey man is charged over AI-made nude images of two women. A charge isn't a conviction, but the case raises a bigger question: where does a victim turn
Two Canadian bills both want you to prove your age online, and neither has explained what you'd hand over or who would hold it. Here is what is known, what isn'
Tech companies want your family phone to check your child's age before any social media app opens. Here is what that means, what could go wrong, and the questio
Ofcom has named four ways to prove someone is 16 before they use social media. Here is what that could mean for your family, and the questions worth asking befo
Ofcom has named four ways platforms can check ages before the UK's under-16 social media ban. Here is what each one asks for, and what to watch before you hand
An Indian court ruled that one ID record can't settle a child's age before a marriage is registered. The same lesson applies to every "just scan the card" check
Millions of players may soon be asked to prove their age before an online game lets them in. Here is what that check looks like and how to keep your personal in
Delhi is knocking on 4.4 lakh senior citizens' doors to scan fingerprints and irises. Scammers love exactly this kind of visit, so here is the one rule families
Police scanned 905,117 faces in three months, and the headline error rate looks tiny. A plain-English look at what that number hides, and who it hides it from.
