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System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 11 points 6 months ago (8 children)

An "I am an adult" checkbox in your OS that gets propagated out is probably the most privacy centric way to lock down kid accounts right?

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    They want to require IDs which requires validation, which requires a central authority. Any websites you hit that require the check will request it from the OS which will need to verify with central authority. So they'll know what websites your hitting.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Yup, the REAL goal here is to get an ID associated with an IP address to remove your anonymity from the web.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Governments already have an ID associated with an IP. There is no ISP that im aware of that lets you register anonymously.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Dynamic IPs, VPNs...

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago*

    Yup, the REAL goal here is to get an ID associated with an IP address to remove your anonymity from the web.

    Maybe I'm I don't have enough of a technical understanding (and I'm wrong about this) but I believe there is some sort of fingerprint at the OS level (not IP or Mac) that they can obtain when you're on the net that in turn they want to map to your identity, thus even if you're using tor/vpns to mask your IP, you're still identifiable.

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