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Age Verification Florida: Safe Screens Act Bill Targets Chatbots

Florida wants age checks to follow kids into AI chatbots, not just social media. Here's what the Safe Screens Act proposal means for your family's privacy.

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AI Voice Cloning: Scams Up 7.4x, and a Safe Word Beats Them

A study says AI voice cloning scams have surged 7.4-fold. Your child's voice on the phone is no longer proof it's your child, so here is the simple backup plan

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Voice Clone Scam: Voice Cloning Fakes a Child's Call

A voice clone scam can copy your child's voice from a few seconds of audio. Here is the simple step that stops it: hang up and call back on a number you already

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Roblox Age Verification Bypass: CEO Sued Over Age Checks

A shareholder is suing Roblox's CEO and directors over what they said about age checks. Here is why that matters to any parent whose kid plays online.

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Facial Recognition Technology: Face Recognition Errors, No Appeal

Face checks are spreading to venues, workplaces, airports and online accounts. The way to challenge a wrong result is not spreading with them.

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Facial Recognition Camera: 8 of 8 Wrong IDs Hit Darker Skin

Nearly 900,000 faces were scanned in a Western Australia police trial, and most of those people never knew. Here is what happened, what the numbers hide, and wh

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Sniffies Age Verification: ID-Based Age Checks and Your Safety

A UK regulator is asking whether a gay dating app checks ages properly. The bigger question for adults: what happens to the ID or face scan you hand over?

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Biometric Login: UAE Banks Drop SMS Codes, Scammers Pounce

UAE banks are dropping text-message codes for face and fingerprint checks. Scammers now have a believable new script: "your biometric login needs a reset." Here

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Age Verification: Pornhub Back in Australia, Apple Devices Only

Pornhub is back in Australia, but only for Apple users who prove their age. Here is what that means for the rest of us when the next website asks for a face sca

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Customer identity verification: Roblox may check every user

Malaysia is studying whether games like Roblox should check age with ID or a selfie. It is not a rule yet, but the "type any birthday" era looks numbered.

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Bank Biometric Verification: Biometric Authentication Beats SMS

UAE banks are dropping text-message codes for face and fingerprint checks. Here is what that means for your money, in plain English.

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Deepfake Protection: Schoolgirls Should Not Face the Suspect

A deepfake case in Malaysia raises a question every parent should ask: when a child reports AI image abuse, does the process protect them or hurt them again? He

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