How many others are happy with age verification?

Edit : Removed it myself

I'm just fine with it. I don't think I will need it as I am like the OP. Museums, art gallery, education, discussion, building...too busy to explore adult content...and it is just not my thing.

If grid wide verification becomes necessary, I still won't mind..I monitor my identity pretty closely cause I figure my other online buying puts me at some risk all the time.

It doesn't. My real assumption, as I've said all along, is your linden heroes are selling your information to a political deployment group, since it's all going through a political deployment group, and stolen IDs are LESS traceable then stolen CC #s

Do you suply your SS/NI number, Passport details and or Driving Licence details to those companies? Or just credit card details? You can have your identity stolen via some crook going into your bins and taking letters- let alone subjecting details on a site well known for security mishaps!

Wait, is this for all of the new accounts, or the current ones too? If I don't verify, I wouldn't be allowed into the Mature sims, or am I wrong on this one?

Could you please explain what you mean by the term "Political Deployment Group"? You have used it quite a bit , and I'm not sure what you mean by it.

If you don't verify you will be allowed into Mature sims but not Adult areas.

It will apply equally to current and new accounts.

You won't be allowed into some mature sims if they are flagged as adult (rather than mature).

Whether a parcel adjacent to an adult sim will need to be flagged adult too is not yet clear and there is confusion regarding private islands but on the mainland if you stay well away from an adult sim you won't need to verify.

Until of course someone is caught doing something dodgy in a Mature or PG area and then everyone will have to verify.

I took it directly from Aristotle's website *owners of integrity which SL is using to ID verify*, they specialize in creating campaigns and political targeting for major political groups around the world, including Canada, the UK and the USA,
it's own by a high ranking American government official.

I keep seeing statements from LL that Integrity won't have access to the data. They are a third party company, so something has to be in it for them, they're not going to do it for the love of it.

I'd just like to say that religions are not just about God, there are other religions too... if they can express sex in SL, then others should have the right and the freedom to express their religion, which ever it be. An adult should be able to discuss religion in an adult fashion, but... I reckon that's a pipe dream.

I am glad that there will be restrictions for the 'adult' stuff. I think it can be a good thing. Since I don't visit them, I won't have to worry about giving too much information (which I am hesitant to do - and it still doesn't prove that someone is an adult - kids know how to snag their parents DL or what ever, it's not hard).

LL keeps saying THEY wont have access to the information,
they've never once said integrity wont have access to it, since they process it, they HAVE to have access to it

Wow, name calling! Anyway, I think the concern was more that SL was being seen as mainly about people who enjoy cybersex and there are a lot of other things that people do here.

And I'm sure many people who enjoy cybersex also have other interests such as art and museums..I don't think they are mutually exclusive interests.

This is just my 'skeptical' opinion, but does anyone else see this age verification thing as blanket used to 'protect' LL/Integrity from being sued by an annoyed parent? I mean you can request any type of information, no guarantees that it's really an adult. Kids are smart, they know how to get around the system AND their parents. Just something to ponder.

True. But I bet the percentages of intellectual philosopher cybersexer's is fairly low.

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.

- Jean-paul Satre

Does the verification mechanism proposed really add any more protection then there already is?

There is clearly a grid for >18 and one for <18. You have to confirm you are >18 to enter the main Grid and be >18 according to the TOS - any <18 entering the main grid is acting irresponsibly and illegally (they are lying about their age, and in violation of contract). There's a clear defense and counter-suit there, plus ultimately parents can't/shouldn't avoid all responsibiliy for the children in their care.

As has been pointed out credit card on file should be enough. I know that possession of a credit card is not guarantee of being over 18, but any responsible parent who has allowed a minor a credit card would surely be keeping an close eye what it is being used for! As such any child who has been on the main grid for a length of time using a credit card has either "acquired" someone elses or has been given a credit card with no or lttle parental oversight.

Nail - on the head.

It's a lonely job but somebody has to do it. I just wish that person was me

reading this thread gives me the destinct feeling that only creative people should be allowed into SL, and there should be a panel of judges deciding what is creativity and what is not - a panel consisting of elitists that think they would die if they even see a regular cofee cup. Sorry, but thats the feeling I get

We never said get rid of anything we don't consider 'creative' Bruno...I don't know how many times we have to repeat it - probably another five or six though.

As for political deployment groups - who really gives a damn if you get some demographically targeted information from your local council or national politicans? They already have that information you know - yes, for ALL of you...

not yet

Its for all accounts.

You wont be able to access mature parcels that are tagged Adult only
- Meaning any parcel that has Adult content that the Land Owner has followed the rules and flagged.

When this hits you will be reduced in access status equal to a day 1 unverified noobie.

Ahh... and because of that I need to break the laws of my own country and transfer information to a data mining company with the risk of identity theft? Just because you want your "creative" SL? Don't think so....

Apart from that... yes, I do mind getting information I don't ask for. I signed up with Dutch organisation so I don't get un-adressed mail in my mailbox. There is sticker on the mailbox, telling that un-adressed mail is not welcome. My provider has a spam-filter to get mail I didn't ask for away from me (and does that very well).
And then sudden I should like it to get some targeted information from who ever? Again, don't think so...

Edit: And why if they have already that information for ALL of us...... then why do those data mining companies so big business???? To scrap something togteher that was not available would be my good guess.

Morwen.

Well at least one person admits to visiting Mature areas. I was beginning to wonder after seeing all the "Verifying is not an issue for me as I have no interest in Adult content" posts.