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> I find is bizarre people think knowing a single boolean about 18 years of age provides anything You're hopelessly naive if you think this is all they get out
by embedding-shape 6d ago
> I find is bizarre people think knowing a single boolean about 18 years of age provides anything
You're hopelessly naive if you think this is all they get out of it.
- azan_ 6d agoYou are naive if you think they can’t infer almost everything about median user already.
- duskdozer 6d agoWhy would they need to do ID checks then?
- azan_ 6d agoLiability
- embedding-shape 6d agoThey certainly can't infer my full name and address from what I've used Claude for in the past, but if I'm forced to hand over my ID and I do, then they would.
- password54321 6d agoHaven't they reported "anonymous" users before to the police?
- fn-mote 6d agoCan you source this? Seems believable but I haven’t heard it before.
- embedding-shape 6d agoI don't know, how is that relevant to them asking for IDs now and also still not yet knowing my full name and/or address?
- cobolcomesback 6d agoThey infer your full name and address from the trackers baked into your OS, browser, phone, and every website you visit. They already have this. They’ve had it for years. They don’t need your ID for it.
- embedding-shape 6d agoYeah, surely assuming how some random HN user browses the internet never been wrong.
- pocksuppet 4d agoThe trackers have this if you upload your ID to some websites.
- olmo23 6d ago[dead]
- cyanydeez 6d agoyou think knowing whether a user is 18 or older is more valuable than browser/cli/network finger prints? Truly naive is the mirror you're looking into. We agree these are useless contrivances, but positing constantly that "this is just some great surveillance game" as opposed to the offloading of government responsibilities to private industry in the hope of removing all social regulatory liabilities? Naive is how you spell that.
- cobolcomesback 6d agoIt’s wild how many people think that these tech companies are capable of some major conspiracy where they’re gathering and tracking user data for some unknown-but-nefarious purposes… while simultaneously also ignoring or even rejecting the reality that this has already been happening, for years. It’s like people claiming that Alexa is listening to their conversations to spy on them… when the reality is much worse. Every website you visit and app you download is spying on every single action you take, and they’ve gotten so good at it that they don’t need to listen to your conversations. They already know stuff about you without you even saying it out loud.
- ndriscoll 6d ago[dead]
- embedding-shape 6d ago> you think knowing whether a user is 18 or older is more valuable than browser/cli/network finger prints? Why have this sort of argument/"come back" become so popular on HN? Where you learned to reply/debate, reddit? Did I ever make such a claim anywhere in this submission? Maybe try actually responding to something I've said rather than just creating your own imaginary arguments no one said.
- asadotzler 6d agoIt's been a slow decline for about 15 years. It's as if the median age went from about 23 to about 15.