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Another rule: Don't let your kid share his face. Ever. For any reason.
If YouTube wants his face, just buy VPN so your kid can browse safely
Try reading this article, VPNs don't make you more private they just shift the trust model away from your ISP https://www.matyaskoszegi.com/post/vpns-your-privacy-savior-or-just-another-creepy-middleman
You're missing the point. If your location is outside of UK YouTube and others don't ask for age verification. Noo need to send your child pics to some creepy middle man
What about onlinebanks? Also a hard no?
Go to a branch and set the account up there. No reason they'd need your face. Bonus point of using a local bank: they have to worry about their customers doing a domestic terrorism on them if they fuck them over somehow. So they have more incentive to not do that.
Why will a kid need to open an online bank account?
Because some day they will be an adult who needs to know how to do things like buy groceries and pump gas. Hell, a 16 year old can have a car and a job, but not be allowed to pay for anything?
edit: that said , I'll be using AI generated faces for everything.
Get a regular bank account
I mean there are plenty of legitimate reasons. If you want to give your child financial autonomy so that it can learn to budget, I think an online bank account may be a good idea.
But I don't get the OPs point though, many banks offer adult-managed accounts until majority that only need an ID, not a face scan.
Have an adult handle the account. Simple as. They set it up and manage the account to ensure their kids privacy to as much of a degree as they can.
Don't know how this works in UK - In Poland there are other ways of signing into/registering in banking.