Saaaaayf!!Mar 20
mostly tame

@be I think it is a little more than that. I think they are building the tools and acclimating people to the idea of the internet/computers being entirely identity-verified spaces. so, first they build a system to capture every user's age at registration and share it upon request to any app asking. but they know kids will just lie when making accounts, this law isn't to prevent access, it's to aclimate us all to the idea of age gates being necessary for "safety" of children...but it's not working of course, the children keep lying. then it becomes age "verification" where you have to prove your age (with your legal ID most likely) instead of just stating your age. then you have already gotten used to having to associate your id with your user account to log in to your computer for the first time--you only have to show it once, and then you don't think about all the times the OS shares just your age with every single program or website that requests it...so now when the government quietly passes a law saying that the OS will share not just your age but your verified identity with every site, you don't have to change your behavior at all to comply...it doesn't affect you in any obvious way. except now the internet and your computer have done away with privacy in any way, and the rest of our rights will soon follow.

that's dramatic probably but I am being serious, I do think that's the ultimate goal.

Mar 20 at 7:34amWeb
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@amillefolium @be Or you can block every site and app that asks for ID and use a linux distro with parental control features removed/not installed.

Graphene for their part has said they are NOT going to cooperate with age verification at setup, and are not concerned with sale of phones with Graphene already installed being banned in a few states or nations.

If that means Facebook, Google, Hulu, and Netflix don't work, this actually benefits those of us who produce media distributed on exclusively open/underground platforms. This is because our competition becomes harder to access.

Another example: smaller porn sites in countries out of reach of US/EU/Austrailan law enforcement are raking it in as users abandon sites asking for age verification in droves. VPN use typically rises 1,000%+ in such areas for now. Ultimately noncomplying sites will all need to have .onion accessability, as Tor exit nodes are not going to be able to handle the huge traffic jump as VPN's get hit.