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Australia's been down this road before with the failed 2019 age verification bill and the Online Safety Act. The technical implementation challenges are enormou

Australia's been down this road before with the failed 2019 age verification bill and the Online Safety Act. The technical implementation challenges are enormous - from VPN circumvention to privacy risks of ID verification systems.

frollogaston 1y ago
Well the age assurance is only for logged-in users, so they can just log out.
- bigfatkitten 1y ago
  You’d have a hard time finding a 12+ year old who doesn’t know what Incognito mode in Chrome is for.
- postingawayonhn 1y ago
  The article doesn't quite spell it out but I assume you won't be able to turn off safe search unless you log in with a verified 18+ account.
  - frollogaston 1y ago
    It does say "default" which implies you can turn off the filter, but yeah it's not very clear and does make a big difference. For example, YouTube already won't let you view flagged content without signing in.
  - SchemaLoad 1y ago
    This is how Youtube works now. Age restricted videos can't be viewed without logging in.
    - ptek 1y ago
      Yeah. Can’t watch king of the streets or some video game trailers.
    - _Algernon_ 1y ago
      Ah yes. How terrible would it be if an angsty teen watched the music video to Linkin Park's Numb. Truly the end of the world.
- senectus1 1y ago
  hmmm another slef hosting service to knock up. proxied search engine.
- hilbert42 1y ago
  Unfortunately, two problems with that approach, Goolge with fingerprinting, cookies, IP addresses etc. will still know who you are. Second, even in the rare event that you are able to make yourself anonymous then the search results you're dished up can be filtered without your knowledge. That would have the same effect.
- _aavaa_ 1y ago
  Ahh yes, a technological solution to a political problem.
bamboozled 1y ago
I guess they should just succumb to the US big tech machine without trying anything. I get the sentiment thought, maybe doing something that won't work is worse than doing nothing.

frollogaston 1y ago

Well the age assurance is only for logged-in users, so they can just log out.

bigfatkitten 1y ago
You’d have a hard time finding a 12+ year old who doesn’t know what Incognito mode in Chrome is for.
postingawayonhn 1y ago
The article doesn't quite spell it out but I assume you won't be able to turn off safe search unless you log in with a verified 18+ account.
- frollogaston 1y ago
  It does say "default" which implies you can turn off the filter, but yeah it's not very clear and does make a big difference. For example, YouTube already won't let you view flagged content without signing in.
- SchemaLoad 1y ago
  This is how Youtube works now. Age restricted videos can't be viewed without logging in.
  - ptek 1y ago
    Yeah. Can’t watch king of the streets or some video game trailers.
  - _Algernon_ 1y ago
    Ah yes. How terrible would it be if an angsty teen watched the music video to Linkin Park's Numb. Truly the end of the world.
senectus1 1y ago
hmmm another slef hosting service to knock up. proxied search engine.
hilbert42 1y ago
Unfortunately, two problems with that approach, Goolge with fingerprinting, cookies, IP addresses etc. will still know who you are. Second, even in the rare event that you are able to make yourself anonymous then the search results you're dished up can be filtered without your knowledge. That would have the same effect.
_aavaa_ 1y ago
Ahh yes, a technological solution to a political problem.

bamboozled 1y ago

I guess they should just succumb to the US big tech machine without trying anything. I get the sentiment thought, maybe doing something that won't work is worse than doing nothing.