[cap-talk] Can webkeys solve the MySpace problem?

[Dean Tribble]

On Jan 15, 2008 2:25 PM, Karp, Alan H <alan.karp at hp.com> wrote:
> MySpace is in trouble.  In a recent test, fake accounts for supposed 12 and 13 year olds drew over 100 contacts from sexual predators.  Legislators are in an uproar, demanding that something be done.  Texas refused to join other states in a recent agreement with MySpace because it did not include an age verificiation mechanism.
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What problem is this solving? What security properties does the age
verification provide? Is there an authorization implied by being of a
certain age?