qwertyMar 4

Forced age verification is comming sooner than we thought.

https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/55991779

Forced age verification is comming sooner than we thought. - tchncs

TLDW: Brazil is requiring OS level age verification by march 17th, 2026. New York about to vote on a law that would “require all manufacturers of internet-enabled devices, operating systems, or application stores to conduct commercially reason-able and technically feasible age assurance for users at the point of device activation.” In order to “incentivize” age verification, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that they will ignore COPPA violations for software performing age verification.

Show threadTriplePlaidMar 4
Pretty soon you’ll be hearing folks say things like “why are you worried if you don’t have anything to hide” as if personal privacy has no value whatsoever. It’s a slippery slope!!!
Show threadCubitOomMar 5
It’s not a slippery slope, it’s a drop into a pit fall.
Show threadwonderingwanderer
It is a slippery slope, we just happen to have already slid down it most of the way and are imminently about to be falling off that cliff at the end of it…
Mar 6 at 12:19amWeb