RE: https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/116160637051672728

the question you should be asking yourself is not “what's the best way to verify the age of every single computer user on earth”

but rather “why the fuck are we trying to verify the age of every single computer user on earth????”

and the answer to that is: fascism
stop. complying.

So far AI has had the following consequences:
- dibs on current and future wafers (hardware) supply
- mass layoffs every quarter
- propaganda spread to big tech CEOs that output will x10
- no steam deck and new steam machine
- ram & storage prices increasing
- previous retail hardware manufacturers turning their backs on retail
- stolen code used to train current models
- stricter controls of PRs because openclaw and ai creators decided to say fuck you to open source contributors
- using the people's power grid to power AI infrastructure

And the list keeps getting bigger. And no, you haven't made any profit getting your Claude subscription and yes, you always reach your rate limits because llms are not scalable nor sustainable

But AI is soooo great... Yeah, it's awesome!

#ai #opensource

If you somehow still considered uploading your face/ID to Discord, here's one more reason not to: Peter Thiel seems to be the lead investor in the service that implements the age check. And, oh, the service page says they will store our data on their side (at least for a little while).

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/oh-good-discords-age-verification-rollout-has-ties-to-palantir-co-founder-and-panopticon-architect-peter-thiel/

Fun fact: You don't have to do any of this when travelling to the evil, socialist, anti-free-speech China, EU, etc.

https://www.thejournal.ie/us-visa-changes-6740830-Jun2025/