Kids can bypass some age checks with a drawn-on mustache

Post by christophilus » Tue, May 05, 2026, 10:33 AM UTC

2ndorderthought wrote: post #68

cucumber3732842 wrote: post #67

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>All this age verification stuff is pseudoscience and more importantly it isn't tested or standardized at all. It's just theater Abdicating responsibility, standards and government enforcement are three of white collar America's favorite things. Seems like an opportunity for someone to become a billionaire by creating a standardization and licensing agency and then paying for some shills to get the ball rolling. Give…

They are trying for it that's for sure. It reminds me of the us war on drugs for some reason. Obviously I don't want kids doing drugs but it had ludicrous takes that were terrible for society. I guess there aren't enough wars going on? Have to go to war against the Internet or something now.

Post by 2ndorderthought » Tue, May 05, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC

Permit wrote: post #72

2ndorderthought wrote: post #66

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Vpns are really under attack this year. All the LLM providers desperately don't want to have the majority of users using them. It's basically the leading reason why quantum computing is being funded. They gotta break your encryption to read your activity. Pretty sad world.

> It's basically the leading reason why quantum computing is being funded. What? Can you provide any evidence for this claim?

Post by bcjdjsndon » Tue, May 05, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC

interstice wrote: post #24

kleiba2 wrote: post #19

They also use VPNs, as anyone would have predicted within two seconds. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn72ydj70g5o Consequently, we're now discussing VPN bans for under 18 year olds . https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn438z3ejxyo

Collectively we have fought long and hard for internet freedom, it's depressing that all it takes is a generation and some bureaucratic idiocy for all that to be undone.

Post by estimator7292 » Tue, May 05, 2026, 10:56 AM UTC

fhennig wrote: post #74

I don't want to give my ID to every service I interact online. But I also don't think it's reasonable to ask of parents to ensure their children aren't accessing age restricted content online. What about liquor shops or strip clubs? They ask for ID, which makes sense; we're not expecting parents to make sure their children don't go into these places. But the liquor shop takes a look at the ID and then doesn't collect…

Post by worldsavior » Tue, May 05, 2026, 11:01 AM UTC

2ndorderthought wrote: post #73

Permit wrote: post #72

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> It's basically the leading reason why quantum computing is being funded. What? Can you provide any evidence for this claim?

Why do you think Google, the world's largest ad company, is paying money out of its ears to research those topics? The sooner people realize all major us tech companies are contractors for the us department of war the better.