"Parents Decide Act": New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages.
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As a parent, I have zero faith in any system like this. I'm all for more parental controls(like what Gnome 50 just implemented), but I don't want anything(program, web browser, video game, etc) to be able to query any kind of "age" field on an account on my system.
I don't want ANYONE to know if my child is using a device. And if that means I have to create an adult account for them, then so be it. I don't want my child's information being scraped and imported into some random database that gets leaked or sold to nefarious actors.
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The Epstein class wants to know who the minors on the internet are.
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GrapheneOS is about to see a huge uptick in users.
Praying that Linux phones become more daily driver options.
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Thank GOD! FINALLY I'll get a Chance to give the Epstein Class my CHILDS personal Information!
Friendly reminder that anyone who writes DRM is a traitor to the human race. Find a job that won't haunt your conscience.
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If it's called "parents decide" why they implement it as "government and corps decide"? π€
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Well, I'll certainly be looking into alternative, user privacy focused devices going forward. I'll miss tap to pay and Android Auto / Carplay but I'll adapt.
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The free flow of information empowers the proles, time to take it away.
Another lie at the altar of protecting children. They could give a fucking rip about kids, dimmest timeline ever.
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Who is this legislation for? Third party "verifier" companies make tons of money, data brokers make tons of money selling info on which users are minors to advertisers and pdf files, fascist government gets "Total Information Awareness", corrupt government officials make tons of money, ... so much winning! so much money to be made!
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- Allow parents to set age-appropriate content controls from the start, including limiting access to social media, apps, and AI platforms.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't most, if not all, OSes have these capabilities already? Parents already don't use them, what is supposed to make me think they'll suddenly start using them if only there was another law mandating them?
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I can't wait to verify my age to all 14 operating systems in my car. My Traeger grill has an OS. So does my router. Does a bare metal super loop count as an OS? It did in my undergrad operating systems class. Do I need to verify the pilot's age for all of the operating systems in an F35? Who supplies the ID for the OS in an ATM?
This is stupid to do this at the OS level. Where are the small government conservatives demanding the private market meet this need? (They are liars, fools, and scumbags who don't sincerely believe what they say)
This is gonna be a great way to teach kids how to circumvent these controls. A whole generation of hackers will be born
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Unless the parents decide they want to preserve their privacy of course. What about non-parents? Why do parents get to decide for us?
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So, more people learning to compile kernels eh?
Fuck. Off.
I'd be fine with this, honestly. It will justify me throwing out all of my electronics and moving to the woods to live out a simple, happy life.
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They should just name is "save all the children and you are bad person if you don't support this" act
...because doing it at the state level is going so well
I hate corporate lobbyists
The people that push these laws must be shoved into a solitary confinement for the rest of their lives.
Ah yes, another bill named after something it doesnβt actually do, for people who canβt actually be bothered or are unable to understand technology in order to restrict their kid(s) access anyway.
Fuck you, Peter.
It's important that any USA citizens that don't agree with this send a protest email or letter to legislators, and even organize protest marches, strikes, or similar. Protesting here is not enough. "Democracy"Β =Β "the people rule", literally.
Considering that today there's effectively an OS in everyday technologies, you'll probably have to verify your age just to open your fridge.
all the ESPs and Raspberry Pis are gonna be verified under a single factory worker
I dunno... Bullet points are pretty LLMy.
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Downvote because your post is mostly tribalism. It's "us users" vs "them evil state who want to surveil us".
Have you actually spent time considering whether age verification is beneficial? Whether parents think that their children spend too much time online, or whether the teenagers think that themselves? Have you taken their input and concerns serious?
Many people i know irl are saying that children should spent less time online and maybe only in cleaner parts of the internet, which excludes a lot of sites. and they're not saying that because they want to surveil everyone, but because they want to live a simple, unworried life that keeps them away from danger.
I think headbashing won't bring us anywhere, we need to listen to people's concerns and take them seriously, and respond with clever wits and thorough analysis.
oh and before any of you say "well, parents already have the ability to limit what children can do on their smartphones". well, i did a lot of surveys about who knows these abilities, and who uses them, including here on lemmy, and the result is pretty bleak. 99.9% of people don't know any parental controls, and many believe that there are no effective parental controls today. if you think otherwise, please provide examples.
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