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AI being "fun" for kids who aren't able to grasp the negative externalities of using AI doesn't make it something to admire
I'm not sure how the image is displayed on the parents' device - it could be sent from the child's device, or the image used to compute the hash that the child's image matched could be displayed.
While maybe not strictly necessary per se, it's a great way to get a foot in the door, and provides a great way to foster advanced type systems and functional programming (I personally find it to be a really fun language to write in to boot).
1. Have access to your phone
2. Be able to spoof the phone's authentication mechanisms (whether that be fingerprint / face)
In this regard, it passes the 2FA test (something that you own, and something that you are).
While it's true that you can't really change your face or fingerprint, this facilitates moving away from the "password repeated across multiple accounts" landscape of insecurity.
Until there is real privacy enforcement here, and it's clear that location data is owned by the person being tracked and not some third party that happens to have their hands on it, I don't see this pattern going away.
That's probably how most people will take it though, unfortunately.
A simple "Hey (son/daughter), the police told me that if anybody on Discord tells you to download LOIC, then you're probably in with the wrong crowd" is what I would hope would come of this (along with the typical internet stranger danger shpiel).
I also am scared of the worst case scenario you present, but this brochure doesn't seem like that to me.
I acknowledge that this brochure _might_ represent fear-mongering, but based on what's actually written in the brochure, it doesn't sound like the police are looking to put kids on a list.
"let us know so we can give advice and engage them into positive diversions"
Sounds like police actually trying to have a positive impact here.