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Originally posted by Carrie@Oct 14 2003, 08:26 PM
Germany has put down a new law saying everything had to be age-verified, and came out with two means of age verification. One is an unlock device, like a USB dongle, that you purchase at the store. Your age is verified when you purchase it.
The other is a credit card scanner that hooks up to your computer and allows you to slide your card through and type in your pin number in real-time, proving you are making the purchase. (Unless of course your kid knows the pin.)
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I look forward to the day when the credit card swipe device becomes as normal an accesory on every PC as a CD player now is.
Why it is taking so long? Wish I knew. And by the time it becomes a common place PC device ... well, at this rate it may be too late for 90% of the industry.