The EU’s age verification app is here. The intentions are good. The foundations are shakier than the press conference suggested
  • rumschlumpel@feddit.orgEnglish
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    1 month ago

    The intentions are good.

    As if, state surveillance is not a good intention. If it was really about protecting minors, there are many more useful and less invasive measures that haven’t been taken yet. And why only minors, anyway? Most social media platforms are harmful and predatory for adults, too.

    • Dorian Diaconu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I think that would be even harder to track. And I fear this will include those use cases as well. It can go downhill very easy from here

      • Businesskasper@feddit.orgEnglish
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        1 month ago
        1. Make continuous scrolling in social media illegal.
        2. Make a setting mandatory which (when active) only shows posts from the people you follow. That should stop the attention seeking crap that appears in everyone’s feed. The user didn’t ask for random information, they want info on the people they follow.
        • dieTasse@feddit.orgEnglish
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          1 month ago

          Forbid (personally) targetted advertising and half job is done. Suddenly user data lose a lots if value and most dark patterns are centered around the gold that is the data. That said algo should be forbidden too, I agree with you. Or at last opt-in with warning like the ones on cigarettes (algorithms cause harm to your brain).

          • Calavera@lemmy.zipEnglish
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            1 month ago

            Just like here. There no hidden algorithms to hook people up. It’s just content you follow or what’s new or upvoted. It doesn’t analyze what I do to try to push stuff for me

  • fogrye@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I find funny and silly that people managed to develop bulletproof DRM so you can’t steal a 4k Netflix show in any way but building reliable adult check so kids can’t just click “I’m older than 18 y.o.” on porn site is a total mess.

    • General_Effort@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      BTW, here’s how this “bulletproof” DRM works:

      1. There’s a special chip in your computer that decodes the stream. We all pay extra for electronics, the sole purpose of which is to make your property serve someone else.

      2. The decoded signal is then sent to the display. To prevent it being recorded, the cable signals that the stream must not be recorded. This is where it gets funny. Messing with CPUs and GPUs is not something that can be done. Cables is a different story. IDK if they cracked down on this yet. Some years ago, when you ordered the cheapest cable from Asia, it simply did not transfer the DRM signal. It’s an unnecessary expense. Of course, even using such a cable may be a criminal offense.