We’ve been covering Australia’s under-16 social media ban since before it went into effect, first noting the confusion and obvious implementation problems as pretty much everyone realiz…

We’ve been covering Australia’s under-16 social media ban since before it went into effect, first noting the confusion and obvious implementation problems as pretty much everyone realized it was a total mess, and then documenting how the ban was actively harming kids with disabilities by cutting them off from critical support communities.

  • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago
    1. Showing physical ID is not the same as storing digital record, which can be tracked, correlated and leaked at any time due to other people incopetence. More apt comparison would be to if you needed to provide a copy of your ID each time you went to buy cigarettes or alcohol.
    2. You only need to provide ID if you look younger than required age to buy cigarettes or alcohol not every single living person.
    • misk@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago
      1. There are ways to do things anonymously while preserving actual checks against a central database, like with zero-knowledge proof.
      2. There’s a living person doing that check, which isn’t super practical for things online. Do I go to the nearest 7-11 to confirm my Pornhub login?
        • misk@piefed.socialEnglish
          11·
          6 days ago

          What ZKPs don’t do is mitigate verifier abuse or limit their requests, such as over-asking for information they don’t need or limiting the number of times they request your age over time.

          API rate limits exist.

          They don’t prevent websites or applications from collecting other kinds of observable personally identifiable information like your IP address or other device information while interacting with them.

          Exactly like the lady at 7-11. Also why EU implemented GDPR.

          These are Linux libertarian takes, I’m more interested in countries being ran effectively.