Post by: eye30 on July 31, 2021, 12:22:43
For security I haven't responded and I just delete but it reappears a week or so later.
Searching online there are lots of posts about this request and the main two are:
To comply with the law of the country
And
Age restriction sites.
Anyone else had this request.
Post by: MisterWarby on July 31, 2021, 12:25:11
BTW
My favourite colour is blue….. I mean red
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Post by: Shambles on July 31, 2021, 13:00:00
Post by: The Gonz on July 31, 2021, 13:30:35
Post by: MisterWarby on July 31, 2021, 13:40:51
It is trying to protect your eyes from seeing something they may not yet be ready to see……. It is country specific apparently. Are you using a VPN or proxy?
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Post by: The Gonz on July 31, 2021, 13:43:04
Post by: Shambles on July 31, 2021, 15:19:43
Post by: i30premy on July 31, 2021, 23:57:19
Post by: eye30 on August 04, 2021, 11:41:54
It quotes my google email address.
This is the narrative.
Account Action Required
Add your birthday to your Google Account to help Google comply with the law.
No indiction which law or country it is referring to.
Just deleted as previous
Post by: The Gonz on August 04, 2021, 11:55:57
It may look decidedly non-genuine anyway.
Then again ...
:link: The OFFICIAL Google Phishing Scam FROM GOOGLE THEMSELVES (AGE VERIFICATION) - Google Account Community (https://support.google.com/accounts/thread/6562670/the-official-google-phishing-scam-from-google-themselves-age-verification?hl=en)
Post by: MisterWarby on August 04, 2021, 12:02:24
Or an email?
Has it prevented you from performing any of your usual internetting?
If in doubt delete and scan for viruses and malware..
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Post by: eye30 on August 04, 2021, 12:40:53
There is a spanner symbol in the top bar.
Post by: MisterWarby on August 04, 2021, 12:52:14
I have found scamming to be rife at the moment….
I had a call from the Australian taxation office recently. They had frozen my bank accounts and the federal police would be beating my door down if I didn’t pay my outstanding debt….. VERY INTIMIDATING, THEY HAD MY ATTENTION…!
I called the accountant…. Who politely reminded me… you pay me to represent you…. If the ATO want you they will call him first and he will point them in my direction.
Delete/ignore and go about your business would be my advice :)
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Post by: neptune on August 04, 2021, 12:53:22
Got the request again today.
It quotes my google email address.
This is the narrative.
Account Action Required
Add your birthday to your Google Account to help Google comply with the law.
No indiction which law or country it is referring to.
Just deleted as previous
This is the one I get on a constant basis
Post by: The Gonz on August 04, 2021, 13:15:46
I for one use Brave browser with a number of ad, pop-up and tracker killers, so I doubt I'll ever see it.
Post by: CraigB on August 04, 2021, 15:10:15
Personally I use AdGuard in Edge browser :link: AdGuard AdBlocker Browser Extension | Overview | AdGuard (https://adguard.com/en/adguard-browser-extension/overview.html) it's free and it works :)
Post by: CraigB on August 04, 2021, 16:52:42
Post by: eye30 on August 04, 2021, 16:54:29
So have you ignored it as well?Got the request again today.
It quotes my google email address.
This is the narrative.
Account Action Required
Add your birthday to your Google Account to help Google comply with the law.
No indiction which law or country it is referring to.
Just deleted as previous
This is the one I get on a constant basis
Post by: CraigB on August 04, 2021, 17:09:38
Once you have added your age to the account personal information then you shouldn't see the message anymore.
Post by: The Gonz on August 05, 2021, 10:54:33
Post by: AlanHo on August 05, 2021, 15:04:49
Perhaps all the adult spam and adverts will then reduce when they realise I probably only get a few pennies pocket money
Post by: wooly on August 05, 2021, 15:14:33
Lots of articles on the web about this, seems Google's new requirements under law need an age to be listed in Google accounts which you can do by going directly to your Google account...not via some popup.
Once you have added your age to the account personal information then you shouldn't see the message anymore.
This has been my experience with this constant nag for birth date.
I ignored it for months until I had to setup the 'find my phone' app in Google and it wouldn't let me proceed until until I entered my birthday.
Since doing that I haven't had one instance of the nag pop-up.
I might add that I only ever experienced it when using an android device.
My PC uses uBlock Origin as the ad blocker so I guess that's why I never noticed it on the PC.