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• Bazoogle@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You haven’t demonstrated what harm comes from googling naked girl and seeing boobs.

  I cannot, since I am not a researcher. The research is out there though.

  If you want devices with parental control you will need to pay for them.

  If it is definitively negative, parents should not have to research, install, and pay for such restrictions onky to be easily avoided on another device.

  I don’t want to turn the entire Internet into 1984 so your kids doesn’t see boobs until he’s 18

  I don’t have kids. This about an entire generation and all future ones. Have you read 1984? While sueveillance is a part of it, it’s largely about authoritarianism and the control of reality itself. Being ID’d for a porn site is not that. 1984 is already happening, and the porn has nothing to do with it. Regardless, you have made no comment on the idea that I want it done with zero knowledge proof. The site would know nothing about you except you are over 18. There is absolutely nothing 1984 about that

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  • michaelmrose@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Which country anywhere has ever implemented a zero knowledge proof of age rather than using a id or information trivially linkable to an id. The answer is none have none intend to and none will its a complete fabrication to cover actual reality.

    Nor is it liable to be limited to outright porno.

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  • michaelmrose@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The truth is out there is what people say about big foot, the flat earth, UFOs, and lizard people.

    You have to pay monthly for devices that access the internet at all. It doesn’t seem unreasonable that YOU not everyone should have to pay for something that is safe for your 8 year old rather than just getting your 8 year old an Ipad and wifi. This forum isn’t safe for an 8 year old.

    Regardless, you have made no comment on the idea that I want it done with zero knowledge proof.

    Because there is no indication that that is ever going to happen. Either nothing with happen. A few hardcore porn sites will get age gating because they want to do legit business whilst others hosted in other countries will do nothing ensuring your teen still finds boobs when he searches OR we will go full on 1984 and this will mostly be used to suppress the entire free and open internet in the US.

    Your fantasy that this will be done safely is just an indication that you are stupid.

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    • Bazoogle@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      newamerica.org/…/exploring-privacy-preserving-age…

      The privacy-preserving promise of this “double blind” method has inspired various countries to further explore and develop ZKP-based age verification solutions. In the European Union (EU), a ZKP age verification protocol is being developed as part of a European-wide EU Digital Identity (EUID) framework. However, some organizations have pushed back against linking age verification tools to digital identity solutions, citing concerns over potential misuse and user privacy. While the EUID solution is set to be released by the end of 2026, the EU launched an interim age verification app in the meantime.

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      • michaelmrose@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        So no country in the world has such a system that actually protects privacy in practice

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