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So it begins (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by tired_fedora@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Reddit has begun rolling out mandatory age verification for any NSFW content, as well as for some social media functions, if the AI determines you might be under a certain age.

Another good day to be on Lemmy... until the surveillance capitalist tech overlords lobby enough to get their great firewall of the West, anyway.

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[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Something I never see anyone talk about, is how, with all the 'fingerprinting' and data collection/analysis these companies do, they already know whether you're 18 or not. I know this isn't actually about "protecting the children", but I'd still like to hear more discussion from the angle of: they already surveil us enough for this purpose.

[–] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Me -> NAL. So I'm only guessing.

One prob might be that fingerprinting IDs a device. There could be a 70 yo and a 7 yo using the same dev in the same house. It prob wouldn't stand up in court when Little Billy, 7, became a victim because Grandpa Wilson, 70, used the same device. Or the old dev fingerprint gets used with a new account. They let the account in b/c they know the fingerprint. But they never knew the dev was sold to a new owner who is 15.

Fingerprinting is way more powerful than most ppl realize. But it does have limits. If the EU, or the US, comes at them, they need something straighforward and easy to explain to a jury. If Little Billy forged a photo ID, that's a solid defense for the co. But if they screw up with hard to explain statistical methods, they have more legal risk.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I understand this argument, but I don't think it's anymore "foolproof". How often are you going to have to present ID? Every hour?