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EU age verification app announced to protect children online (www.dw.com)
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[–] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

At last a piece of code free of any flaw, any exploit, invulnerable to any known or unknown attack method!

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  • [–] -3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Of course things can break and something might be able to refer back to you, until it gets fixed.

    But if your argument is that “the standard is fine, but something might not quite work”, then the same argument applies to your phone’s location tracking, your debit/credit payments etc. The vast majority of us happily use systems on the basis that they are secure, until they’re not, and then things get fixed.

    Your argument has to apply evenly.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    It's a matter of exposure and attack surface vs rewards for the attacker, and risk in companies are evaluated by the trio: freqency of occurrence, severity of occurrence (how large), severity of the occurrence. Banks can spend a lot because severity quickly gets very high in money.

    What's the incentive again for the next gov to properly fund the system? Oh yes: they would have to say "sorry! shit happens! that's all because of the previous admin!!" and maybe throw one guy under the bus.

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