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Scammers can now fake an embarrassing image of you from an ordinary profile picture, then rush you into paying. Here is how AI blackmail works and the one thing
A Florida judge is facing suspension and a $10,000 fine after sharing a fake phone call recording. If a judge can be fooled, here is the one habit that protects
Microsoft is reportedly bringing age checks to Windows 11, so proving your age may soon happen on the computer itself. Here is what families should ask before t
Age checks are moving from apps onto the computer your family already uses. Here is what Microsoft collects, who holds it, and what happens if it gets an age wr
The next age check for your child may happen before the download. Here is what the EU KIDS Act discussion could mean for your family's phone account and your da
A teen lockout sounds simple until a parent is asked to prove an age. Here is what social media age verification could ask your family to hand over, and the que
Dutch MPs backed an age check for online adult-services ads. The real question for everyone: when a site checks your ID, what does it keep afterward?
AI face matching reportedly helped find 37 missing children in the New York area. Here's why that number matters, and why a human still has to check every lead.
What if proving your child's age online took one check instead of a dozen uploads? Here is why where the check happens matters more than the check itself.
Pornhub is back in Australia, but only for people whose Apple device vouches that they're 18. The real question is how much of your identity an age check should
Police spent £320,786 testing live cameras that check faces at London stations. Half a million commuters were scanned. Here's what that means for your daily com
A Tennessee grandmother was arrested at gunpoint after a computer said her face matched a bank thief. A match is a lead, not proof, and this case shows what hap
