.. title: It's not about age
.. slug: its-not-about-age
.. date: 2025-08-13 12:13:45 UTC+10:00
.. tags: 
.. category: annoyances
.. link: 
.. description: Using screenshots to highlight that the latest push for age verification is not about age at all.
.. type: text

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It's not about age
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These are screenshots from the My Account landing page and search history of an Australian Citizen.

.. image:: /images/comply.png
   :alt: Your date of birth is missing.  This info is needed to comply with the law.

.. image:: /images/diophantine.png
   :alt: 28th November 2007.  Google search.  Visited unimelb.edu.au.

>>> import datetime
>>> datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.datetime(2007, 11, 28)
datetime.timedelta(days=6468, seconds=43586, microseconds=185081)
>>> _.days / 365.25
17.70841889117043