Neil Brown1d ago
The idea that one should be forced to verify one's age or identity to use one's own computer absolutely baffles me.
Show threadNeil Brown1d ago

Perhaps I am some kind of dangerous computer radical these days, thinking that one should be able to buy or make a computer, install one's choice of OSs and software, create a local user account, and get on with one's affairs, privately and without interference.

Quiet enjoyment of one's computer.

* No age or ID verification

* No jumping through hoops to install software, or third parties restricting the software that one can run

* No third party accounts

Show threadColm Ó Donnchadha
@neil
It's peculiar that there(afaik) is no move to prevent the purchase of computers by any age of person, but once you buy it you can't use it?
Mar 28 at 9:01pmWeb
Show threadEliza MB12h ago

@ColmDonoghue @neil

Age restrictions on the potential victims - while the perpetrators are free to download the tools for abuse from the various app stores.