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Pornhub is urging tech giants to enact device-based age verification (arstechnica.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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[–] 79 points 11 months ago (8 children)

This would require "verified" operating systems: No alternative Android-based OSes. No Linux phone. Hell, no Linux desktop, or at least we would be stuck with a big-tech-built proprietary web browser.

This is a terrible idea.

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  • [–] 30 points 11 months ago

    Pretty sure this is the direction big tech and government want to take things. Mandatory ID to use your operating system, perfect tracking and as targeting, no anonymity, censorship, consolidated monopolies, etc. Pornhub won't be the only website requiring verified OS and ID. They want to build a locked down, surveiled internet, and moral panics are the way they're doing it.

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago

    cookies:{username=JohnDoe; path=/; expires=Fri, 31 Dec 2025 23:59:59 GMT; over_eighteen=totally_bro_trust_me}

    i am glad, however, that we’re not reshaping society in order to be more convenient customers for pornhub…

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    What constitutes a "verified" operating system?

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Verified Operating System is the one where the manufacturer or OEM has built, installed, with a guarantee that it has not been tampered or rooted in any manner which can hinder DRM or any security guarantee it offers by default.

    Think SafetyNet and verified boot on android, Or UEFI secure boot on windows.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    Well it requires a verified source for the data. I don't see why it excludes open source at all.

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