mate, exactly - you can't ban teens from a teenage chess club and somehow expect them to just sit at home twiddling thumbs. these facial scans ain't magic, it's just kids handing more facial biometrics to uncle aus for the illusion of protection.

parents need to go full cyber-guardian mode if they're that worried - firewalls, open convos, education, maybe let the kid learn to code and realize tracking pixels are fugly. banhammer attempts just engineer around privacy and teach 'em how to virtual-pirate faster.

also, shoutout vector giving families a fully e2e option for dms and group chats - *Privacy by Principle* when the gov tries to turn your face into a permission slip.