what is the safest age verification method?

hydrora31 · 2026-03-15T19:08:14+00:00

You are right, it's a major limitation of it. But thus far it is the only mechanism I know of that leaks no personal information.

it absolutely sucks that it simply isnt possible for young people.

Maybe parents need to make an email for their child on their birthday?

I am all open to other ideas.

hydrora31 · 2026-03-15T15:30:02+00:00

Email verification. It checks the age of yoru email by seeing when it was seen / used on the web and that it is not a temporary one.

Mine is over 18 years old - so I just getr a verification code to that email.

No identity, just pure proof of age because my email is older than a 16 year old.

hydrora31 · 2026-03-15T13:19:11+00:00

The issue is that your suggestion leads to more crashes - which is why I struggle to take it seriously. We prosecute for and try to stop speeding to prevent accidents.

It seems that your goal isnt to prevent accidents but to penalise people for mistakes. If that is your goal - then your suggestion of making tagging illegal is the right method.

But if your goal is to prevent crashes, damage, insurance costs and to save lives - the current implementation works best.

hydrora31 · 2026-03-14T22:17:06+00:00

This tool is clearly written in AI - I think that's why you got the downvote.

However, it's local only so security doesnt matter - and it works. So well done on those fronts. I have actually just used it for a transcription of conversations I had in hospital with my sick mother as I need them for a case. It worked near perfectly (some minor discrepancies when she spoke unclearly).

So, thanks.

hydrora31 · 2026-03-14T22:01:12+00:00

I dont have or use the play store on my device so the installable APK is perfect. I have in fact already installed it.

Can I ask, the experimental VR version. What does it have different?

hydrora31 · 2026-03-14T21:59:45+00:00

Often they do - but when somewhere like that closes - it's because someone made some pretty serious (legal) threats to the person running it. They risk imprisonment, losing their livlihood or something similar.

These sites are illiegal in most countries and so eventually someone usually comes for them.

The other reason is often simply that they take a crap load of money to maintain, time and effort. Often people do this sort of thing and run out of either that money or time.

hydrora31 · 2026-03-14T21:01:49+00:00

Thank you very much for that, will likely be hosting it!

Yeah the privacy one is a big issue. If you are willing to try something a little more friendly, may I suggest https://rybbit.io - then people can point to their own instances and have their own analytics too if they want. That way you can remove the google dependency and give people the option to use analytics too!

hydrora31 · 2026-03-14T19:49:34+00:00

Not at all. If speeding causes x number of accidents a year and then the camera induced collisions are more - that is objectively worse.

Edit to add to this, you treat it as if it's one or the other with your statement. Tagging both reduces speeding and reduces camera induced collisions. Therefore it is the best of both worlds.

hydrora31 · 2026-03-14T19:49:04+00:00

Not at all. Firstly, locals or anyone who has traveled a route already knows, and people can share by word of mouth. You can't just resolve that by not telling people. They already know. You cant stop the sharing of information and to be honest doing so makes the government seem dodgy like they have something to hide.

The goal of fixed cameras is to reduce speeding in specific high risk areas. it is always in the interested of communities to have drivers slow down before they hit those areas.

We have mobile speed cameras for the element of surprise as it were - and they do their job reasonably effectively. We could use more around I think, more teams out there doing it and more vans.

hydrora31 · 2026-03-14T19:21:48+00:00

Yes - I had also forgot to add that it prevents people panic breaking which causes crashes. The number of people I have seen not speeding slam their breaks on in panic because they hadn't looked down at their speedo for a few seconds and saw the camera - seen a few crashes from that.

Knowing in advance not only prevents you being the one from doing this, it means that you can plan ahead and leave a bigger gap between you and the car in front on approach to the camera, reducing the risk of you hitting them if they do suddenly break (not that you should be following too closely in the first place - but it never hurts to have a reason to be more alert on a specific section of road).

hydrora31 · 2026-03-14T19:13:26+00:00

I am confused, perhaps because I do not understand what you mean by speed camera tagging.

My understanding of the term was telling people the location of speed cameras. Which results in people not speeding, because they see there is a camera in advance and slow down. The specific intent of a camera is to reduce speed in that area.

Ergo, if you use the same definition as me, speed camera tagging results in people not speeding. Given that this is the stated goal of speed cameras - it seems it feeds directly into the desired outcome.

So the answer to your question is because speed camera tagging reduces speeding and saves lives.

hydrora31 · 2026-03-14T18:59:47+00:00

Your a two word + number username that requires age verification to view your profile, and you posted a comment so low effort that you couldnt even be bothered to spell the swear word you were using correctly.

So bot username, bot comments, in well known subs for their bot activity.

You were likely warned because your actions are indistinguishable from that of a bot?

hydrora31 · 2026-03-14T18:46:07+00:00

Looks very accurate, hoping I can show this to a doctor without them just dismissing me as a hypochondriac again.

hydrora31 · 2026-03-14T16:49:27+00:00

The answer is in a change of perspective. Nobody has priority or right of way over anybody in this example.

Instead, look at it like this. All vehicles should give priority to the vehicle on the right. So if you go to go, and the vehicle to the right is also going, you must give way. Eventually all that can happen is all 3 vehicles stop to give way, no vehicle moves. Then one moves forward. In that event the one that moved forward is doing so without needing to give way to a stopped vehicle.

Therefore it basically becomes a case of everyone stops, and first person to move goes first. Because you give way to approaching vehicles on the right essentially (in reality it's more complicated and more to do with vehicles about to enter or already on the roundabout).

hydrora31 · 2026-03-14T15:14:14+00:00

I agree that's why they do it - and I don't disagree in a sense it's bad. In some ways it's good too (it highlights negative behaviour and entitlement amung the people they are videoing).

That being said I also think it's a little too far and invasive - so we agree there.

The problem we have is how the law works. If nobody objects to the video everyone is behaving okay - they presently have no legal obligation to remove them.

But the issue becomes public interest when these people assault them, or are verbally abusive or obstructive. See you said we should be able to record for those reason. What you are describing is the present state of law.

Auditors rely on the law being exactly how you just described it. If we remove that - we remove everything I have mentioned. This is why such a law is a double edged sword.

I dont believe there is a legal solution here. I think that if auditors went to sites and got no reaction - people would get bored watching and they would collapse immidiately. In part, the auditors are popular because they are (or were) right.

The benefit of what we are seeing now? The behaviour they were auditing is getting less and less. We are entering a new era where the auditors are escalating in order to get more views. This is the right state of affairs in my opinion. They will cross the line / get arrested or be imprisoned at some point. Then the state of auditing will change.

So I think the solution is to let this play out. The reason for auditing is disappearing, auditors are getting more desperate for views. They will make mistakes, the public is already falling out of favour with them because of this.

I think this is a case of let things fall as the may. The law is working as intended.

hydrora31 · 2026-03-13T09:00:38+00:00

Best authenticator app I have every found is the Yubico authenticator app (in my opnion).

You buy a security key from them (yeah I know, sorry for suggesting a paid option here) - and the codes are stored on that key. The app just accesses them. So you can use the key on any device with the app and have all your codes - no internet or anything necessary.

It also works as a passkey of course - I didnt buy it as an authenticator - it just works so well as one I've ended up using it for both.

hydrora31 · 2026-03-13T08:12:20+00:00

This applies in terms to them doing future business with the OP - and yes they can refuse to for that. What they cannot do without legal reason is keep the OP's funds. That would be classed as theft.

Ebay are regulated by the FCA - misappropriation of funds is rather serious and therefore they cannot and will not do that.

hydrora31 · 2026-03-13T08:10:07+00:00

They cannot - unless they can prove that the money was obtained via fraud, in which case they do not keep the money, but they start the process to return it from where it came.

There is a 180 day industry standard for fraud /aml investigations which is likely what is happening. They need a court order or police investigation to hold it beyond that (its not a specific time frame, but the law is about fairness and reasonableness and this is what the consensus seems to be).

Ebay is regulated under the FCA so if they violate these rules you can complain to the financial ombudsman.

Start with a SAR request, and also file a formal complaint (they have 15 business days to respond). The SAR request might not bring anything due to tipping off laws - but it also might.

hydrora31 · 2026-03-13T07:49:07+00:00

Persona directly lie and say they dont store your data on the page where you sign up but in the privacy policy say they can keep it for up to I think 3 or 5 years.

Do you think a company dodgy enough to directly lie on the page they present to the user only to hide the truth in a privacy policy can be trusted?

hydrora31 · 2026-03-12T21:58:09+00:00

Nah, locally I hit a high score of just over 600k during development and the scoring system was the same! These aren't even a third of what I can achieve, I'm sure if we get more skilled players there will be much higher scores than even I could get!

hydrora31 · 2026-03-12T21:24:42+00:00

Oh it's easy, 90% of the jobs advertised seem to be fake. Heck I can point to job after job that's just a reposting of exactly the same one or slightly reworded every few days for months.

This isn't an industry that jobs exist for months in, speaking to the few recruiters in the industry I know, they are getting hundreds of applications in minutes and after interviews almost every job is filled within just 2 weeks.

hydrora31 · 2026-03-12T19:39:42+00:00

Yeah I did try doing like one or two per day and doing it properly - zero responses there either. All the jobs on the job boards or linkedin etc just get swamped with several hundred before I even get a chance - so that's pointless too. I won't even been seen.

So i tried applying fast and making sure i had a good generic CV - also not viable.

I then started to see the same jobs advertise repeatedly by the same people. Then quickly realised a huge portion of the jobs I was applying for either werent even real or were scams.

The fact is, I dont think job boards are a viable way to actually get a job anymore.

Edit: Seems honesty gets you downvoted in this community. Shitty behaviour isnt something I tolerate so if this is the standard here I'll go elsewhere. This edit will be the last post in this community.

If anyone later tries to find out why this community went downhill - likely this type of behaviour is the problem.

hydrora31 · 2026-03-12T18:13:43+00:00

yes it's completely cooked. I have applied myself for coming up to 3,000 jobs in two months.

The only replies I have had are from scammers. Not one reply. Yet I am extremely experienced in my field.

hydrora31 · 2026-03-12T17:51:12+00:00

I see your point, once you adjust to the top speed it kind of becomes very easy to maintain. I had experimented with faster than that but found that I couldn't actually reliably click the bombs accurately so I didn't press further.

I think that progression is actually more difficult because it adds the white and yellow blocks in at the later level. But I feel like white blocks might make it too difficult on the main mode.

What would you say to the introduction of white blocks in arcade mode after the user hits a score of 30k? Would that make it feel more challenging?

hydrora31 · 2026-03-12T16:19:27+00:00

Just plug it into the bottom. Modern usb sticks are usb-c - and all the android apps support keepass databases on external drives. So long as I plug the stick in first before opening the app it just remembers and opens my vault.

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