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The way to fight it without coming off that way is by advocating for a form of age check that doesn't require personal information, which I haven't heard any re
by MrGinkgo 1y ago
The way to fight it without coming off that way is by advocating for a form of age check that doesn't require personal information, which I haven't heard any really water-tight suggestions yet.
If their real interest was in protecting children, they'd make a free, publicly accessible age blocking system that parents could choose to opt into, that isn't thrust upon all citizens at once
- zahlman 1y ago>a form of age check that doesn't require personal information But your age is personal information.
- MrGinkgo 1y agosure, but it's far from the most identifying information you can hand over to a government, though
- o11c 1y ago> The way to fight it without coming off that way is by advocating for a form of age check that doesn't require personal information, which I haven't heard any really water-tight suggestions yet. Given the spread of explicit "give us our pedo games" and "let kids watch porn" voices, I don't think there's any demand for a moderate solution. And when the moderate solution is actively rejected for a very real problem, nobody has a right to complain when the problem eventually is addressed using extreme solutions.
- immibis 1y agoWhere are you hearing those voices?
- ascorbic 1y agoI've only done one of these age verifications (for Bluesky) and that didn't require any personal information beyond seeing my face. The digital credentials API trial seems interesting though: letting the browser verify your age without sharing any other personal details. https://developer.chrome.com/blog/digital-credentials-api-origin-trial https://developer.chrome.com/blog/digital-credentials-api-or...