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Children are drawing moustaches on their faces to fool online age checks - and it's working; fake birthdays, borrowed IDs, and creative facial hair bypass age checks (www.internetmatters.org)
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[–] 231 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Literally every type of age verification ever put into place has been circumvented by children. EVERY SINGLE ONE.

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  • [–] 100 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    When I was little, my mom used to send me to the store with a note that said to sell me cigarettes, and that they were for her. When I started smoking, I used to reuse the notes to get my own smokes. I got my first fake ID at 13 so I could buy beer.

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  • [–] 65 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    When I was 13 I could just buy beer, the trick was to make it look like you are helping your parents with groceries. So also pickup stuff like a carton of eggs, potatoes and milk. I never had any issue, but it was a different time and in Europe

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