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Brazil is requiring OS level age verification by march 17th, 2026.

New York about to vote on a law that would "require all manufacturers of internet-enabled devices, operating systems, or application stores to conduct commercially reason-able and technically feasible age assurance for users at the point of device activation."

In order to “incentivize” age verification, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that they will ignore COPPA violations for software performing age verification.

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[–] TriplePlaid@wetshav.ing 73 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Pretty soon you'll be hearing folks say things like "why are you worried if you don't have anything to hide" as if personal privacy has no value whatsoever. It's a slippery slope!!!

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It's not a slippery slope, it's a drop into a pit fall.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

It is a slippery slope, we just happen to have already slid down it most of the way and are imminently about to be falling off that cliff at the end of it...

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