Camera maker Eastman Kodak may soon make an unintended contribution to the seemingly endless 2257 litigation with a camera that can identify the age of the person in the picture.
One of the most interesting and controversial seminars to be featured at the 2006 Internext Expo was "Age Verification: Your Business & The Law. A survival guide for staying in business," which promised "a spirited discussion of best practices, preemptive strategies, program options, and how webmasters can safeguard their front and back doors while denying access to underage surfers."
A new age-verification prototype is being jointly developed by information security software company RSA Security and Israel-based i-Mature for preventing children from accessing adult websites and chat rooms.