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

[Karp, Alan H]

Anupam Simlot wrote:
>
> What do you mean by limited access? Accounts labeled as adults would
> not be allowed to communicate with accounts labeled as child? That
> would pretty much block all access. What if an adult account is owned
> by a child's guardian or someone trusted by that guardian? How could
> MySpace recognize the relationship and allow those two to communicate?
> What about children registering as adults to appear 'cool' or
> 'mature'?

MySpace has rules for all of this.  The problem is adults creating accounts as children, hence the interest in age verification.

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