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You know what they say about assumptions......I never figured you for the anti-American sentiment type, it's surprising honestly.

Some of us aren't as uninformed as you'd like to think. The U.S. is pretty important in many many many other major things too, but it's funny you chose to focus on the ones you did. And that's ok. It is what it is.

I'll just end it and say if they ever require full on verification and block accounts that do not provide it, I am all for that.

This has what to do with anything? lol

Like i said previously, verification and payments work in parallel, anytime you make a transaction with an account, the information is tied directly to the details given when the account was created. This is *any* transaction, the bank knows, the card provider knows, e-verify and other verification services. Verification absolutely works .

Paypal is not a bank, by U.S. rules, because deposits are not federally insured (as all banks that are banks must be) I think the point being missed are the rules set forth in the U.S. as far as banking goes. I get you all have different laws there, that is not the issue. LL is a U.S. based company and the rules here are paramount above all else, in regards to banks, withdrawals, payment info...etc. You basically agree to such when accepting the tos pretty much.

Ok , try moving money out of SL without following the rules of the U.S. and get back to me when you can actually do it.

They wouldn't need to see the person's details directly per se, unless they were cashing out or something, but when added as a secondary on a bank account, as you said details are given. That sub account is given its own unique i.d. and transactional info, and the name , d.o.b. ,age, etc are all verified and tied to that transactional information. When a sub user uses a card from that account, the verification service will know if its your or the other person on every transaction pretty much.

It's a multilayer thing, yes your bank may not do that directly, but the card the bank issues is by a major provider/processor, i.e. visa and the like, they can share your informaton and do and you agree to such when you get their cards and use their services. If they decided to require adult verification from all players , you would either comply or not use SL basically, it's pretty cut and dry.

They, LL, could simply require that any payment method from anywhere in the world be absolutely verified and tied to an adult , it is rather simple to do . Verification works, I will say it again. And I know that SL has an international userbase, but the verification and regulations that matter are for a U.S. based company, which it is.

You cannot use an unverified paypal account with SL, it has to be tied to rl information or it won't work. This is the parallel verification thing I mentioned earlier. And again, when you apply for a credit card you have to give a social security number, to be verified.

You're right, but it's a U.S. based company and by extension you play by the same rules and laws it is beholden to here.

The U.S. banking system is very stringent with rules and regulations with things like that. You cannot fudge your way into a bank card without verification unless one is committing some sort of fraud to begin with . It works.

I don't know where you are in the world, but due to strict laws, any kind of bank card you have in the U.S. you must provide a social security number when opening the account, all of that is verified- so when you purchase in SL with said card they know who the card belongs to and if the person is an adult or not pretty much. This is precisely why they probably don't allow prepaid gift cards and things similar for payment options. You must use some sort of verified payment .The banking system and verification measures all work in parallel.

At least with the older intel based macs you could use an external gpu , but with the M based ones they removed the support for that for whatever reason. LL has mentioned the successor to opengl is ultimately vulkan but I don't think Macs support that either, so who knows what direction it will all go.

That is a very problematic statement and I think you know that.

And?

I didn't say that , you quoted the wrong person..lol

True or not, the full weight of a thorough investigation needs to happen, and if true, major consequences and changes. To add, changes still need to be made even if it turns out to not be presented the way that article described. The inappropriate content needs to be looked at in either case.