Monday, November 5, 2018

Tencent Will Verify Identities of Mobile Players Using Police Database

Holy crap! Could you imagine something  like this in the US?


The verification system will be in place to check players’ identities and ages against the databases to enforce playtime limits. Players will be asked to provide IDs that will then be used to ensure they’re using their real names and ages within the game. Limits will be imposed from there. Younger players will be limited to one hour of playtime daily, and will not be able to play the game between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. each day. Older players, ranging from 13 to 18 years old, will get two hours a day. So far, there doesn’t seem to be any restrictions in place for adults, though it’s too early to rule anything out about this intrusive system just yet.