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Comment by slazaro | Hacker News Reader

It's pretty infurating that I've had a Youtube account since 2006 (15 years ago), and now they're asking me whether i'm over 18. A basic calculation on their end could filter the accounts based on age, given the TOS of when they were created (e.g. if the TOS specified that I must be over 13, a 2006 account would mean I'm at least 28, therefore automatically verified).

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I literally pay a monthly subscription to Google and they still wanted me to pay $0 once to show that I had a card.

There's such clause in TOS and I think that's how it worked, unlike Twitter which locked out every account when they added the TOS clause for needing to be over 13 when the account was created.

So you didn't create your Google account at age 3? That's impossible!

the 100th toddler theory:

given enough time and sufficient numbers of toddlers chewing on keyboards one of them will out of chance alone create a google account

well I did somehow manage to screw up my dad's linux box like that so anything's possible. (although I suspect it was because I liked to be an asshole and shut his computer off using the power button)

Well, if a 3-year old toddler watches age-restricted videos on his mother's verified account, is that against child protection laws?

> A basic calculation on their end could filter the accounts based on age, given the TOS of when they were created

I assumed it was a legal requirement, and basic intuition and common sense aren't relevant. Much like the immigration form that says "Are you a terrorist".

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