and here we have the heart of the issue, and their end goal. identification required for Internet access. total control.
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frongt@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Let’s say they do. So people start using non UK VPNs. So you need age verification for any Internet access? For any computer or phone that could connect to the Internet?
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
100% and as always they boil it down to “well even if all that other stuff is true, it’s for the safety of children.”
Yet we have fucking confirmation that exposing networks of wealthy and powerful pedophiles is not on the agenda. Those people are untouchable. Those people are also the ones that we are handing complete control over to.
So who tf are we really protecting children from by doing this?
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
So you need age verification for any Internet access? For any computer or phone that could connect to the Internet?
I mean, experts have said for a while that if you’re going to require age verification, doing it directly on the device would be the most secure way. Allow parents to verify their phones, while creating child accounts for their kids.
When the site needs to verify their age, it simply asks the device directly if the user account is age-verified. It all happens in the background, so the adults never even need to bother with it once it’s set up.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
That makes sense. And seems like it would have much easier implementation as well.
AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Don’t parental controls exist for a reason? Can’t you just block VPN use on individual devices like an additional parental control rather than making everyone that uses a VPN prove they’re not a child?
palordrolap@fedia.io 1 day ago
That's what they're aiming for, yes.
They want to know where everyone is and what every person is doing at every possible moment of every day, be that in public or on the Internet. They are paranoid and know that their entire system is in danger of collapse with the common man gaining control over the rich and powerful.
Thus they resort to extreme control of the commoners to ensure that won't happen.
Child protection and anti-pornography stances are perfect excuses because they're very difficult to argue against.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 1 day ago
Every time some new measure is released “for protection”, the next day it’s being used to snuff out dissidents. That usually means journalists, activists (political, labor, environment, …) and sympathisants to give them a bit of pressure to straight up arrest them on some pretense.
Serinus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well, except for this one.