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Knowing if the user's over 18 doesn't imply total surveillance, it only implies a user profile setting that says if they're over 18.
by gzread 7mo ago
Knowing if the user's over 18 doesn't imply total surveillance, it only implies a user profile setting that says if they're over 18.
- pc86 7mo agoDo you know what the word "infrastructure" means?
- gzread 7mo agoDo you know what "total surveillance" means? It doesn't mean a checkbox for over 18
- pc86 7mo agoI can't tell if this is a troll or not. OS-level ability to verify the age of the person using it absolutely provides infrastructure for the OS to verify all sorts of other things. Citizenship, identity, you name it. When it's at the OS level there's no way to do anything privately on that machine ever again.
- gzread 7mo agoI agree that a checkbox for if the user is over 18 opens the door to a checkbox for if the user is a citizen and even a textbox for the user's full name (which already exists on Linux so you better boycott Debian now!). I don't see how such input fields are "total surveillance".
- vaylian 7mo agoIt implies that the user has access to the technical infrastructure that supports age verification. Sucks to be you, if you can't afford a recent Apple or Android device to run the AgeVerification app. There is also the problem of mission creep. Once the infrastructure is in place, to control access to age-restricted content, other services might become out of reach. In particular, anonymous usage of online forums might no longer be possible.
- gzread 7mo agoThat technical infrastructure: a drop-down menu on the user's account settings
- Magnusmaster 7mo agoThe EU Digital Wallet requires hardware attestation so only it only works on locked-down government-approved OSes. That opens the door for government control of all electronic devices.
- gzread 7mo agoWhat a shame. The California one is just an input box.