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We can't prevent all children from getting beer, but we can prevent most of them without compromising any adult's privacy. And everyone is ok with that state of
by triceratops 10mo ago
We can't prevent all children from getting beer, but we can prevent most of them without compromising any adult's privacy. And everyone is ok with that state of affairs and the trade-offs. No one's calling for internet-connected beer cans that make you take a selfie before you can open them.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46447282 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46447282
- account42 10mo ago> we can prevent most of them without compromising any adult's privacy But we don't. Even with in person age/ID checks the clerk will often enter some of that data into the store's system and then who knows what happens with it.
- triceratops 10mo ago> the clerk will often enter some of that data into the store's system I've only seen them enter the date of birth. No identifying information. If they record the ID itself I'd recommend going to a different store. Or ideally, writing your legislators to have the practice banned.
- dotancohen 10mo agoDepending on the size of the town, date of birth could be used to severely narrow down and target a specific person. If one suspects a partner of buying alcohol and could convince or coerse the clerk, or even just peek in the book, and see the partner's date of birth written there, then that is good enough proof for many people and many purposes.
- triceratops 10mo agoWe should end carding for alcohol for everyone because domestic abuse exists?
- dotancohen 10mo agoThat's a ridiculous conclusion. Identifying a single problem with an implementation is not a reason to abandon the implementation completely.
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- triceratops 10mo agoIt seems to be what you're saying. Otherwise I don't know what the point of your previous comment was.