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• Post #781790

  Do you also believe that the Boy Scouts and the Catholic Church also have no responsibility to protect kids, because doing to would similarly require collecting data on people? (I would disagree with you if you said yes, but I’ll respect your position for being consistent.)

• Post #781618

  I don’t understand. There will still be porn sites for people. The way it will work is that when you tell your browser to go to a porn site, the site will ask your Bowser for your verified age. Your browser will then ask your OS for your verified age. Your OS will respond “18+” to your browser. Your browser will tell the porn site “the OS says 18+”. Then the porn site will say “Cool, here’s the porn.” That’s it. If you use a non-compliant OS, then your browser will say to the porn site “I as...

• Post #781580

  I’m not sure what you are disagreeing with. That’s generally what I said. If you use a non-compliant OS, your experience will be “age-gated”. Though I don’t think they will completely block access entirely. Collecting data on kids is extremely valuable to these companies, because kids grow up to be consumers. They will happily continue to let you in, but you won’t be able to go to the 18+ areas.

• What is really likely to happen to you if you use an OS that doesn't comply with age verification laws.

  Okay you are ready to take a stand for freedom! You are going to use an OS that isn’t going to bend the knee and comply with age verification laws. I solute you, comrade! Here are the likely consequences of your choice: The Feds aren’t coming after you. You aren’t going to be out on a watch list. What will likely happen is that if you try to log into your Facebook account you will get a message that says “Your Operating System is not currently supported. Your user experience will be limi...