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Websites aren't responsible for my kids. They should just provide a working mechanism for me to block them other than "I promise Im 18!". Currently it is imposs

Websites aren't responsible for my kids. They should just provide a working mechanism for me to block them other than "I promise Im 18!". Currently it is impossible to safeguard the internet to kids once they know how to read and write. The privacy concern is BS. Your provider already knows everything you do online. The solution is easy too - sites add a blocking flag that the internet provider uses to block access to the content unless told otherwise by the subscriber. This has 0 privacy concerns. After all, despite https, Comcast knows what you are doing if you go to pornhub.com. And it costs nothing. A string with a magic number.

whaleofatw2022 3y ago
I do not know how you could think that. In a climate where people can't even get medications without getting judged, they'll be able to easily just call up their provider to unblock a website
- thsksbd 3y ago
  Thanks to https, Comcast doesn't know you're into fluffy transexual anime porn. I'm not proposing to change that at all. What I am proposing is, in light that Comcast already knows that you enjoy the occasional Friday night with your wrist, that the ability to access PH, or any other porn provider be enabled/disabled for internet accounts.
- data-ottawa 3y ago
  I would never want an internet where I, an adult, have to request access to whatever is considered sensitive at the time and get placed on a centralized allow list to access it. If you (not specifically the OP comment) think that’s a good idea, look at LGBTQ content and rights in places like Florida or Saskatchewan. It’s been a hot button controversial topic in much of the US and Canada whether educating children about LGTQ issues is appropriate, which means that would become gated information for everyone and you would have to submit yourself to a government list to view. For a lot of people that could be dangerous if that info leaked or was used against them. A middle ground would be a user agent flag or API that browsers use to respond to age verification requests, which can be enabled and managed when a computer is set up but would not restrict anyone’s rights or unduly violate their privacy. Parents would need to make sure to select age restrictions when setting up a device and that’s it.
  - thsksbd 3y ago
    If you don't want to contact Comcast to enable your porn, fine. May I have the option to call Comcast and disable it? And I mean actually disable it; ever porn providing site has to identify itself under criminal penalty. Because disabling it on your computer as is currently "possible" is not a compromise, its capitulation.

whaleofatw2022 3y ago

I do not know how you could think that. In a climate where people can't even get medications without getting judged, they'll be able to easily just call up their provider to unblock a website

thsksbd 3y ago
Thanks to https, Comcast doesn't know you're into fluffy transexual anime porn. I'm not proposing to change that at all. What I am proposing is, in light that Comcast already knows that you enjoy the occasional Friday night with your wrist, that the ability to access PH, or any other porn provider be enabled/disabled for internet accounts.
data-ottawa 3y ago
I would never want an internet where I, an adult, have to request access to whatever is considered sensitive at the time and get placed on a centralized allow list to access it. If you (not specifically the OP comment) think that’s a good idea, look at LGBTQ content and rights in places like Florida or Saskatchewan. It’s been a hot button controversial topic in much of the US and Canada whether educating children about LGTQ issues is appropriate, which means that would become gated information for everyone and you would have to submit yourself to a government list to view. For a lot of people that could be dangerous if that info leaked or was used against them. A middle ground would be a user agent flag or API that browsers use to respond to age verification requests, which can be enabled and managed when a computer is set up but would not restrict anyone’s rights or unduly violate their privacy. Parents would need to make sure to select age restrictions when setting up a device and that’s it.
- thsksbd 3y ago
  If you don't want to contact Comcast to enable your porn, fine. May I have the option to call Comcast and disable it? And I mean actually disable it; ever porn providing site has to identify itself under criminal penalty. Because disabling it on your computer as is currently "possible" is not a compromise, its capitulation.