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Why is checking age at os-level that bad? (lemmy.fait.ch)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Don't get me wrong, I'm all for privacy. But between setting up the birthdate when creating my children's local account on their computers, and having to send a copy of their ID to every platform under the sun, I'd easily chose the former.

I'd even agree to a simple protocol (HTTP X-Over-18 / X-Over-21 headers?) to that.

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[–] 19 points 5 months ago (1 child)

As others have said

It has nothing to do with age checking, protecting the children, or security. NOTHING.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    That’s one of the main things to me. The argument jumps directly to drivers license / DOB collection, but makes no conclusions about how it would protect children. It is OVERTLY, 100%, about feeding lists of targets to the pedophiles that run the biggest tech companies.

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