Under 13 years of age cannot use voice helper Cortana

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time of April 28 morning, because of privacy protection issues, Microsoft Windows Phone Platform Voice assistant function Cortana will not support children under 13 years of age to use. Microsoft is not the only company to do so. Microsoft says only users who are 13 years old can use Cortana. Microsoft will check the age information of the user's file, and if the current user is less than 13 years old, then Cortana will not answer any questions from the user. According to the Ubergizmo website, Cortana collects data on user activities to provide personalized answers. Therefore, the use of Cortana is limited by child protection laws. A Microsoft spokeswoman confirmed that children under 13 years of age were not able to use Cortana, because a deep personalized experience like Cortana required more detailed personal information and parental approval. This requirement is higher than the parent approval process for the current Microsoft account, and Cortana currently does not provide separate parental controls. Microsoft declined to say whether it planned to adjust the policy to provide Cortana with a separate parental control function to cover a wider range of users. At present, Cortana is not the only one by one age-limited voice assistant service. Google (516.18,-8.98,-1.71%) confirmed that the use of Google Now requires users to log on to the Google account on a mobile device or desktop computer, while a Google account in the United States requires users to be 13 years old. The Siri voice attendant service at Apple (571.94,4.17,0.73%) requires the user to associate to the Apple ID account. Like Google, the registration of Apple's account also requires users to be 13 years of age. Siri can also be limited to iOS's restricted mode, which will help children and students use it. Both Apple and Google provide special student accounts to meet the needs of children under the age of 13. This type of account setting requires parental approval, limited access, and limited user data collection. (D-Gold)