Scientists warn against crappy age verification: 'if implemented without careful consideration… the new regulation might cause more harm than good'

As age verification becomes more commonplace across the web, there are some trying to oppose its rollout on security and privacy grounds. An open letter signed by over 400 researchers and scientists arguing the many reasons why age verification (and most especially the current age assurance technology) isn't all it's cracked up to be is now available to read in full.

Here's a precis on the whole thing: Governments across the world are adopting legislation to ensure usage or compliance with age assurance methods...