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I did read the article, and I do think the we both understood the interaction impact similarly—yeah, you can click to unblur an image, but you can't change the
by cptcobalt 4y ago
I did read the article, and I do think the we both understood the interaction impact similarly—yeah, you can click to unblur an image, but you can't change the global preference without the login.
Requiring a login to change a preference rather than something that could be stored in a very simple cookie deanonymizes you, and creates an extremely clean audit trail of your usage patterns. There's far more friction in making scores of google burner accounts than it is to rotate VPNs and Incognito windows, if you're so inclined to obfuscate your trail. That's bad.
- giantg2 4y ago"Requiring a login to change a preference rather than something that could be stored in a very simple cookie deanonymizes you," Of course. That's basically step 1 in every proposed plan to prevent minors from accessing porn on the internet. Step 2 is verify age and linking it to the account.
- gjsman-1000 4y agoIf there is no shame in using porn, and nobody cares, you have nothing to fear™.
- anonymouskimmer 4y agoYeah. I'm reminded of the news article a decade or more ago about this guy who bought porn or something like that. The company didn't deliver IIRC, and instead tried to extort money from the purchasers by threatening to doxx their purchases. And this guy straight up took them to court to get his money back.
- anonymouskimmer 4y agoSo you make one burner account that you only ever log into from a VPN. Google gets slightly more relevant data, but it doesn't get linked to your main account. Or you make a separate account for each one of your fetishes or NSFL investigatory journalism. Hopefully that isn't scores of accounts.