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iPhone New iOS Age Verification Sparks Outrage as Users Say 'I Will Switch to Android' (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
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[–] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Jeez, every platform and company is going to that ID and face recognition crap. Should we say goodbye to our little bit of privacy and anonymity on the Internet?

Why’s Apple even doing this? They’re not a social media platform to begin with.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    Facebook had lobbied so that the age verification is handled by the device rather than the application. The applications then need to check against this device API and conform accordingly.

    This ends up cheaper for Facebook and opens up for future legislation to embed similar shit in the OS for companies to exploit.

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