Comments on: Does the lack of a unified Age Verification user experience inhibit trade? http://purplelist.com/mobilematters/2009/06/22/does-the-lack-of-a-unified-age-verification-user-experience-inhibit-trade/ Independent views on wireless technologies and the new media space Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:35:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mark Curtis http://purplelist.com/mobilematters/2009/06/22/does-the-lack-of-a-unified-age-verification-user-experience-inhibit-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Mark Curtis Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:47:52 +0000 http://purplelist.com/mobilematters/?p=7#comment-4 Arrrrrgh. Our team here could talk for hours about this. It does have benefits but we do wish that the process was improved by many operators and made more efficient. Best of all would be for us to get a permit to do it ourselves. We'd gladly take on the cost and have our system audited if we could control the user experience better,,,,,,, Arrrrrgh. Our team here could talk for hours about this. It does have benefits but we do wish that the process was improved by many operators and made more efficient. Best of all would be for us to get a permit to do it ourselves. We’d gladly take on the cost and have our system audited if we could control the user experience better,,,,,,,

]]> By: jptownley http://purplelist.com/mobilematters/2009/06/22/does-the-lack-of-a-unified-age-verification-user-experience-inhibit-trade/comment-page-1/#comment-3 jptownley Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:03:02 +0000 http://purplelist.com/mobilematters/?p=7#comment-3 I've never understood this age verification scheme. Many under 18s have credit or debit cards. Perhaps they're not supposed to but it's a fact that teens can and do get them, with the consent of their parents. It's just another form of allowance, and far more traceable than cash. Instead of shunting the control of inappropriate content from a telco or content provider to a multinational banking org, shift it to parents. I’ve never understood this age verification scheme. Many under 18s have credit or debit cards. Perhaps they’re not supposed to but it’s a fact that teens can and do get them, with the consent of their parents. It’s just another form of allowance, and far more traceable than cash.

Instead of shunting the control of inappropriate content from a telco or content provider to a multinational banking org, shift it to parents.

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