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Straight quotes were my first clue, followed by “it’s not this it’s that” and subheads.
Straight quotes? I thought an LLMs thing was always using the curly ones?
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While I agree that this is annoying, you're trying to interact with the federal government which actually does require IDENTITY verification and not age verification in order to perform its duties. That id.me account allows you to take actions on behalf of a citizen, so they need to confirm some things first. It's not great, but it's not what the original poster is against.
The frustration, I suppose, is that the government doesn't seem to demand this level of scrutiny to take my money, in the event that I owed on my tax returns for that year. But when they have money to give to me, suddenly it's 12 interviews and a colonoscopy to get approved.
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While I agree that this is annoying, you're trying to interact with the federal government which actually does require IDENTITY verification and not age verification in order to perform its duties. That id.me account allows you to take actions on behalf of a citizen, so they need to confirm some things first. It's not great, but it's not what the original poster is against.
My issue with it is that it's a vendor. The need for identification is fair, and I'm not worried about the govt having it. I'm worried about _id.me_ having it.
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Social media was unleashed onto the world with no harm studies or thought for the long term impact. Now we’re catching up and realizing how bad it is. For a similar case, see tasers in Canada after a handcuffed immigrant was killed by one. The question came up “how were tasers certified safe for humans?”. The answer was “they weren’t. A private company just started selling them to police forces who just started using…
> Social media was unleashed onto the world with no harm studies or thought for the long term impact. To require a safety study for anything someone might "unleash" as a public product would be bonkers: nobody would be able to release anything at all. But I do not think social media as such — when originally it came to prominence — was anything that caused significant harm. Things like internet forums, BBs and blogs…
Let’s examine that and see if it holds up.
To sell food, it is regulated and must be approved. And drugs. And cars. And anything that plugs into power. Anything that makes noise. Anything with an engine. Any kids toy. Any structural or safety item.
In fact, I would say the very vast majority of “public products” that a person wants to sell must be certified and meet regulations for that category of one kind or another.
Now you may say software is different. Often yes, but some software (gambling, health stuff, credit card stuff) must be certified and meet regulations. There are hefty penalties for breaking the rules.
And finally you might say this is different because social media is free. Plenty of things in the world that are free must meet regulations and pass tests (free drinking water, free power, etc). Just because I offer a free shuttle to my venue doesn’t mean the bus or driver are not regulated. Even if you give away free food you must have a food safe certification so you don’t make people sick with half-cooked chicken.
So you see, “unleashing” public products into the world with no approval or testing or regulations or evidence that it doesn’t cause harm is actually the exception, not the rule.
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When has this tactic (opting out to force change) ever worked on problems of any meaningful scale before? Please don’t say the civil rights movement, because those boycotts were not effective on their own. Pressure is required to force change, and opting out does not produce the necessary pressure unless it is genuinely a significant portion of users and lasts years. These strategies have been tried time and time aga…
Why not look at almost every single interest group that has managed to influence local politics? Ever pay attention to all those groups (private sector or otherwise) that end up influencing policy creation? Ever think of trying to get other government agencies or already-trusted organizations on your side as opposed to trying to establish yourself as a credible voice to ocotogenarians who can't tell the difference be…
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I can already generate a QR code that proofs my age anonymously. It's signed by the goverment. There are libraries to check the QR code. No extra device needed.
How can you be sure that it is anonymous? And why it is not used instead of selfies?
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Why not look at almost every single interest group that has managed to influence local politics? Ever pay attention to all those groups (private sector or otherwise) that end up influencing policy creation? Ever think of trying to get other government agencies or already-trusted organizations on your side as opposed to trying to establish yourself as a credible voice to ocotogenarians who can't tell the difference be…
I think we agree on that. Special interest groups proactively push for things, they don't just opt out and hope people notice. I am arguing for lobbying and special interest groups (that's why I suggested the EFF as an example, although certainly not the only one).
Same concept applies to federal.
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> Meta enhanced support I’m sorry am I reading this right? You now have to pay for the privilege of getting support so you can participate in Zuck’s infostealer so that he can then sell your data and make money off it? I think I’m getting too old for tech.
Yes, you read it right. I wrote inelegantly though. There is no actual support provided by the "enhanced support." It's a scam.
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Yes, you read it right. I wrote inelegantly though. There is no actual support provided by the "enhanced support." It's a scam.
Meta Verified, right? AFAIK this does actually work with Google. If you pay them some fee you can actually get support
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I could tell it was AI, but it was interesting nonetheless. FWIW, I don't think AI enablement is inherently bad; this can be a game changer for an individual with an interesting thought yet difficulty expressing themselves in written word. (Obviously, it's also created a real problem with the ability to create near infinite well-written content, especially in the case of propaganda.) I do agree with you that the quot…
> was AI, but it was interesting nonetheless I suspect the prompt given to the AI was 3 sentences, maybe interesting sentences, and everything else was AI expanded, a waste of everyone's time? (Those who read everything)