http://searchengineland.com/searching-for-an-adult-topic-youll-have-to-prove-your-age-to-google-korea-11246 Search Engine Land: Must Read News About Search Marketing & Search Engines Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:49:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://searchengineland.com/searching-for-an-adult-topic-youll-have-to-prove-your-age-to-google-korea-11246/comment-page-1#comment-2500 michaelzimmer Sat, 19 May 2007 15:32:33 +0000 http://searchengineland.com/beta/searching-for-an-adult-topic-youll-have-to-prove-your-age-to-google-korea-11246.php#comment-2500 My concern is whether the national ID number is logged with every search. By saying "the user does not have to go through the verification process again" does Google mean that a simple flag that "user is old enough" is associated with the cookie/IP, or the actual ID number? If the latter, this is a significant threat to user privacy and autonomy. My concern is whether the national ID number is logged with every search. By saying “the user does not have to go through the verification process again” does Google mean that a simple flag that “user is old enough” is associated with the cookie/IP, or the actual ID number? If the latter, this is a significant threat to user privacy and autonomy.

]]> http://searchengineland.com/searching-for-an-adult-topic-youll-have-to-prove-your-age-to-google-korea-11246/comment-page-1#comment-2499 Seth Finkelstein Fri, 18 May 2007 16:30:55 +0000 http://searchengineland.com/beta/searching-for-an-adult-topic-youll-have-to-prove-your-age-to-google-korea-11246.php#comment-2499 Maybe (South) Korea does things differently, but that sounds like a HUGE incentive for identity-theft. In the US, one of the problems with using credit-card numbers for age verification is that it gives yet another incentive to steal them. But you can, with hassle, change a credit-card number if it's misused. Seems like creating this problem with national id numbers would be a very bad idea. Maybe (South) Korea does things differently, but that sounds like a HUGE incentive for identity-theft. In the US, one of the problems with using credit-card numbers for age verification is that it gives yet another incentive to steal them. But you can, with hassle, change a credit-card number if it’s misused. Seems like creating this problem with national id numbers would be a very bad idea.

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