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[-] reader@hexbear.net 1 points 4 days ago

Of course, but that has nothing to do with your prediction that I took issue with. I'm not saying this shit isn't dystopian and going to get worse or that age verification isn't going to be a part of that, but the specific childish predictions of "operating systems add age verification that literally is just asking the user what their age is and just send it willy nilly to cloud services -> government outlaws lying about your age -> services log ages and IPs -> the government gets that info and uses that to track down and prosecute people with the exact maximum age".

The reason there's generalized harassment of oppressed groups and not of digital pirates (or age liars) is 1) because pigs don't actually care about digital piracy that much, its not baked-in to settler society in the way that white supremacy, patriarchy, etc. are, and 2) because pigs can't really see it. 2 could change, we could get the watch dogs future world where everyone is facial recognition-ed at all times and that's linked back to their digital footprint to such a granular level of detail that random beat cops can see that you pirated a movie last night or that you signed up to facebook with a false name/age. But even if that changes, point #1 will not change on its own, changing the law doesn't suddenly make cops or the legal system at large give a shit to enforce it, it'll just get used as another way of harassing the marginalized people they already wanted to harass.

[-] BabyTurtles@hexbear.net 1 points 4 days ago

"I'm a white dude so it'll never happen to me"

[-] reader@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago
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