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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 days ago

Your Computer May Soon Require an Age Check. And You Might Have to Prove It

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Your Computer May Soon Require an Age Check. And You Might Have to Prove It

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 days ago
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Your PC Might Soon Demand Proof of Age Before Letting You Browse. Here's What to Know
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Age verification started with porn and social media. Now, governments are passing laws requiring operating systems to collect your age before you can use your computer at all.
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    If I remember correctly, the typewriter (and, to a lesser extent, the VHS) is precisely how the heroes of the movie Public Enemies get through the political killings panopticon and bring in the fight.

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      Public Enemies, or do you have another movie in mind?

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        Hmmm no then it wasn’t that one. It’s well older… I must have gotten the name wrong which means it would be harder for me to find. I do remember Jon Voight as one of the main villains and was basically a prescient film to PRISM, the DMCA and Edward Snowden.

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          Enemy of the State?

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            THAT THING! Thanks!

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              You’re welcome ;)

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