Comment Re:Dual purpose age-bracket signal :o (Score 1) 126
It's against the law for sites to request the data when not required by law to do age verification.
Foreign scammers do not care about the law. Social media CEOs play fast-and-loose with the law and consider fines just a cost of doing business. Governments consider themselves above the law. The "good guys" didn't need this law in the first place.
If we're talking about social media apps, they get everything by having your device ID and contacts list. They know exactly who you are and what your real age is.
"You may not use this service unless you're 13 or over" - Poof, every 12YO is suddenly 35. See the problem with your hypothesis?
If we're talking about porn sites, the only way they'd ever see a transition of age category is if you're trying to use the site every day before you're allowed and being rejected, then finally on your 18th birthday it lets you.
I know this will come as a shock to many, but porn sites aren't the problem here, merely the lowest hanging "for duh kidz!!1!" excuse available to push these adult-privacy atrocities through - If anything, they tend to be some of the best actors in this situation, if only because they're the most closely watched by puritanical assholes. I trust PornHub far more than I trust Twitter, and I trust Twitter far more than anything ending in
It seems more likely that the kid was rejected by the site, asked their friends what to do, and was told the re-install their OS and claim to be old enough.
Sounds an awfully lot like you're agreeing with me here. Are you referring to a specific situation you'd like to cite?
Same for gambling, etc.
To the best of my knowledge, gambling requires having some way to pay. Kids aren't laundering birthday cash from grandma so they can place a trifecta on the ponies, dude. Meanwhile, this will have zero effect on gambler-in-training gatchas that let kids bet on loot boxes via Play / iTunes gift cards.
You're not even a thinking creature. You're just responding by mimicking.
Pbpbpbttttt! I know you are but what am I?
Christ you trolls are tiresome.
Comment Re:A republic, if you can keep it... (Score 1) 224
Comment Re:Merit? (Score 1) 32
I'll be honest, I'm a little jealous. Setting up interplanetary networks would be a really fun project.
Comment Blue Origin making progress (Score 1) 32
The launch sequence is unexpectedly beautiful.
Comment Re:Remember PAIR PROGRAMMING and "XP" ? (Score 1) 18
This is probably because social assholes cannot stand anyone doing things on their own...programming solutions you'll get from frat-boys and sorority-whores...No, world, you go fucking pair program (or just fuck and give each other your STDs already
LOL with that kind of personality I can't imagine why you don't like pair programming. Agile morning standup must be torture for you.
Pair programming in the modern era can actually give your programmers a massive speed boost, because they aren't spending half their time on the phone. It's like a fidget spinner but effective.
Comment Re:Looking [backward] to this (Score 1) 200
Comment Re:Seriously, what do you guys think of this? (Score 1) 224
About 30% of the US population is evangelical, i.e. radical fundamentalist "Christians". This is about the same percentage of the population that still thinks Trump does a good job
He delivered on their primary agenda: he changed the court ruling on abortion.
A lot of evangelical Christians were single-issue voters, because they view abortion as baby killing. I admit if I started from that premise, I would also consider it an extremely important issue, so I can empathize with these people even if I don't sympathize with them or agree.
Comment Re:A republic, if you can keep it... (Score 1) 224
Comment Re:A republic, if you can keep it... (Score 1) 224
Comment Re:Trump is a loser (Score 1) 224
It's a fact that some if 5% of the people switched their votes, Trump wouldn't have been elected. It's my opinion that Harris sucked royally. She had difficulty taking on even the responsibilities spoon-fed to her as VP. She couldn't articulate a coherent position.
Comment Re:Polling Reality. (Score 1) 224
Comment Re:A republic, if you can keep it... (Score 1) 224
The real difficulty is that capitalism is poorly defined. I don't usually use the term (preferring "free markets" or "financing" as more precise, depending on the situation), but in this situation I was citing the opinion of people who have poorly thought out ideas, so they use the word.
Comment Re:Integral layer of the Trusted-Computing/DRM sta (Score 1) 33
In the long term, the goal is for ISPs to use NAC/TNC to interrogate your computer for Trusted Computing compliance, and deny you any internet access whatsoever if your machine isn't compliant.
You said home ISPs sought to deploy Trusted Network Connect about 20 years ago. It hasn't happened. What's holding it up? The rise of mobile devices, smart TVs, and other devices incompatible with the remediation means available in quarantine?
Comment Re:I'll reserve judgement (Score 1) 93
AI + camera toothbrush? No thanks. Far too many ways for data to go awry.