Totally real, this has been discussed within the tech circles a few months ago when it was first announced. The website content has been through a few changes since the initial announcement, some of their initial claims were even more outlandish, they have been since removed.
Joke? If not, please cite your source.
I have not seen anything that validates this particular claim, as it mainly seems to address supply-chain risk. The only age-verification news I've recently seen stems around the use of OS's, where certain linux flavors are possibly considering implementing this. https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/foss_age_verification/
Not quite. They just ask you if you are a legal adult, as some of their services require the consenting from an adult. I bet such a question is often buried within general EULAs as well, as you can`t ask to a 12 years old to consent to a EULA binding.
i already posted links. and i never said it was different than the asus issues.. But from what i can gather it was a exploit that was much more widely taken adavantage off than asus resulting in a much larger bot network.
Or companies that promise sizeable donations for a ballroom/inauguration/private jet/golf resort....
I bet if you follow the money and see who will benefit then the reason will be clear.
If we're talking about logging into the router's admin GUI then I suspect there are some 12 year olds that would make better admins than so 60 year old politicians.
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