Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Claude is only available to people over 18 years

support.claude.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

421–430 of 626 posts

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

#421

Post by londons_explore »

egorfine wrote: post #259
Cthulhu_ wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Age verification is not (should not be) the same as ID verification / storage / etc; the US needs laws similar to EU ones where companies can only get the minimum required PII. In the case of age verification that's zero, or a boolean value "yes this person is over 18" that they get from a trusted party like a bank.

> or a boolean value "yes this person is over 18" It would be detrimental to the cause, which is to collect everyone's ID.

Whilst this is OP's point, the reality is the majority of big tech companies have been treating user data like radioactive waste for 10+ years.

Most user data is of minimal economic value, until you leak it, and then suddenly there are millions of euros of fines headed your way.

Better to not hold the data in the first place.

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

#422

Post by Cider9986 »

Valodim wrote: post #238
mayhemducks wrote: post #195

Need we remind Anthropic of the 153 million drirvers licenses available for sale on the dark web thanks to a 3rd party ID verification service? https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service-selli... The fact that Anthropic only receives a result, not the data itself, does not make me feel any better about this. I really wish we could leave these types of decisions up to parents and parents only. Leave the co…

> I really wish we could leave these types of decisions up to parents and parents only. Leave the companies and governments out of it. If you'd like to advocate for this position for a living, the tobacco, alcohol, and gambling industries will all be happy to pay you.

I don't have a problem showing an ID, I have a problem with an ID being recorded so it can be leaked.

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

#425

Post by sajithdilshan »

LUmBULtERA wrote: post #281
Patient0 wrote: post #193

The date says May 18, 2026 - so this is four months old, right?

Yes, I'm wondering why it's upvoted like this is something new today. What's going on?

I guess people are just grasping on straws to hate on AI

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

#426

Post by chrisjj »

embedding-shape wrote: post #33

Claude Executive: Damn, we hardly know who our users are, can't we just force them to say their full name or ban them? Claude Product Manager: No, that'll piss people off too much, and sadly we can't just ask for ID either... Claude Executive: There must be some way we can force people to link their government IDs with our platform so our analytics get better and more accurate? Claude Product Manager: We could limit…

Claude Executive: Damn, schools are moving to teach the ill effects of our fake AI. How can we stop that?

Claude Product Manager: Give me 2sec...

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

#427

Post by jeroenhd »

tidbeck wrote: post #284
jeroenhd wrote: post #116

"May 18, 2026" is right there next to the title. Nothing changed.

Seems related but not exactly what was discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47775633

Your link is explaining an addendum on the link OP posted.

My guess is that OP got their account flagged as being a minor and posted the link in either surprise or (understandable) outrage after finding out that Claude has been asking people for ID.

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

#428

Post by micromacrofoot »

zoobab wrote: post #258
pendenthistory wrote: post #209

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would vibe coding be harmful? Nobody can know that. That's like saying compilers are harmful for kids in the 90s, they have to learn assembly or NOTHING.

It's a sarcastic joke, similar to what the lobby managed to put in the head of our politicians with social networks being "harmful" for kids.

they're harmful for everyone

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

#429

Post by AlienRobot »

webdood90 wrote: post #408
throwaway323929 wrote: post #316

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kids do all of this stuff anyways, making it illegal doesn't stop it from happening. But we're not talking about a product that kills its users, we're talking about a polymath that can help its users build and create things. Are you intellectually prepared to believe that Claude Code is as dangerous as cigarettes, a product that kills 50% of its users? Do you genuinely believe, as a core belief, that Claude Code will…

> Are you intellectually prepared to believe that Claude Code is as dangerous as cigarettes Yes. Death is just one of the results. There are many, many other ways this could dangerously impact children.

People have a right to privacy. People should value that more, before it's all gone.
Post reply on HN