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Your Computer Might Demand Your Age Soon, No Matter Where You Live (uk.pcmag.com)
submitted 2 days ago* by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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This is unacceptable. And I’m sick of all the fucking workarounds to maintain basic privacy.

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[–] [S] 28 points 2 days ago (14 children)

I fucking guess. I am at the point where I will take my children out of school if they are forced to do face scans or give any ID in order to participate and learn. I’m almost at the point where I would rather lose my job than comply with this

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  • [–] 15 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    take my children out of school if they are forced to do face scans or give any ID

    don't know where you live, but here in the ol' U of K, schools have been doing that sort of thing for over 20 years! I was appalled when I first heard about it, and I think it was from a friend whose kids had to give fingerprints. "Oh yes I know - big brother, but it's so convenient" was their attitude.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 2 days ago

    It is appalling, but I could see parents from 20 years ago being less concerned than now. Of course back then they weren’t aggregating user data to today’s level, at least I don’t think.

    What bothers me too are things like Palintir. Like, I don’t want my kid in some massive police database before they even turn 12

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  • [–] -4 points 2 days ago (10 children)

    Children don't usually have ID. You only need to provide ID to prove you're an adult.

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  • [–] [S] 24 points 2 days ago* (3 children)

    I’m 100% not convinced that it will stay this way. This, to me, is a push towards ID verification. Age verification is a first step. To me, it feels more like a step towards building an infrastructure to track any user

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    a step towards building an infrastructure to track any user

    I'm inclined to believe that infrastructure already exists (both state intelligence services and corpos like Meta), this is about being able to use it in the legal system and getting people to self censor.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago

    For normal activities this absolutely exists, and when you are just being you on the internet, a nation state could easily track you down.

    However, it's exploitable and avoidable. Probably not entirely, but if you want to you can make their life difficult.

    They won't stop until your digital identification cryptographically signs every packet you send, I guarantee it.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (5 children)

    My country provides ID from birth.

    Biometrics are only collected around 5 years old, and only for the indicators, while signature only is requested around 7, after pre-school or first year of literacy.

    Photo is taken with days or weeks. The state, all of us, recognize everyone as a citizens and their rights from birth.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    I didn't say anything about having ID. I said you only need to submit ID to get access to adult content.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Not really.

    I got surprised a few months back with a shopping site requesting age verification. Of all things.

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