Comment by petra303

2 months ago

> I can use SmartID to verify my ID (and age) in about 20 seconds when buying an energy drink at the local grocery store

Where do you have to show ID for that??

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Aozora7  2 months ago

Author is from Latvia (and so am I). You do actually get carded for energy drinks if you look under 30.

However, more relevant to the post, is that when you're ordering groceries online, you need to verify your age at checkout if you're buying stuff like alcohol (or energy drinks). It's trivial, and for a lot of people it uses the same authentication service that they already use to access their bank.

estetlinus  2 months ago

I think almost all of Europe. Have you ever tried teaching a room of 30ish teenagers all high on quadrupled RDI of caffeine? It makes distributing software on macOS seem like a walk in the park

neoeno  2 months ago

Under 16s can’t buy energy drinks in the UK

Edit: currently a voluntary but widespread scheme by retailers, proposed to be law. TIL

  • novok  2 months ago

    can they also not buy tea, coffee or coca cola then? oh no, they might drink the caffeination amount of... 2 cans of pepsi!

    • red_admiral  2 months ago

      The UK also has a big issue with "corner shops" (tiny stores operated usually by one person) that are fronts for organised crime and will sell you a lot more than energy drinks without checking your ID. Cash payment usually preferred.

      Also things are going to get hot at the next general election if you're following what just happened in this week's council elections.