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It's not hard, and parents can easily change the WiFi password if they don't know how to check the leases if they suspect something is up.
I'm very much in the camp of no filters and building a relationship on trust, but occasionally verifying if that trust is misplaced.
I'm a GenX that works with IT. I can tell you that none of my coworkers that are the same generation would know how to do any of that.
I agree that parents should be more involved with their children, but when do we hold a company responsible for the harm it causes?
If they are knowingly doing something that can cause harm and not properly warning users of it, then they should be held accountable. However, users shouldn't be prevented from using a service just because a government agency doesn't like it. That's a delicate balance that preserves individual freedom to choose while still providing some reasonable amount of protection.
One critical piece here is requiring companies to safeguard any data they collect, not allow them to sell/make it available to other entities w/o express permission and fair compensation, and to remove any data they have collected upon request. That alone helps mitigate the worst of it.