Deep@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 hours agoChildren are drawing moustaches on their faces to fool online age checks - and it's working; fake birthdays, borrowed IDs, and creative facial hair bypass age checkswww.internetmatters.orgexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1391arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squarei078@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·4 hours agoWhen I was 13 I could just buy beer, the trick was to make it look like you are helping your parents with groceries. So also pickup stuff like a carton of eggs, potatoes and milk. I never had any issue, but it was a different time and in Europe
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 minutes agoYeah, that last bit is key. In German I think we were drinking in the clubs at that age. No “helping the parents with the eggs and milk” lol
When I was 13 I could just buy beer, the trick was to make it look like you are helping your parents with groceries. So also pickup stuff like a carton of eggs, potatoes and milk. I never had any issue, but it was a different time and in Europe
Yeah, that last bit is key.
In German I think we were drinking in the clubs at that age. No “helping the parents with the eggs and milk” lol