I think if you as a parent have router controls and block adult content on their mobile plan if they have one (which I have seen as an option), then you are already doing a lot.

Most routers from ISPs come with “adult” content filtering enabled by default I think, at least the ones I’ve had have had this on.

VPNs already work and I can’t see them not working, so that’s always an option I guess, but they are also still an option with ID laws (ie connect to a region where they have no such laws).

Children’s safety online can’t involve limiting access and tracking everyone who ever goes online with their national ID attatched to every request (basically).

I think it’d be better if we explored the option that involves a parent blocking websites either on your network or on a device they give to you.

Let’s not pretend that these laws actually do protect children…

There is always a way around something and if there’s any population to figure it out, it’s the ones with the most free time.

The difference between going to a bar and using the internet: Showing your ID at a bar doesn’t mean it’s stored on some server possibly ready to be stolen by hackers. It also doesn’t automatically link all of your user data to your id (like it does right now) and make it easier to track your movements everywhere you go.

These laws help no one except the elite. They restrict us, limit access to information and eventually cause our data to be comprimised.

Bad parents exist, but does that mean we lockdown the most expansive knowledge base for everyone? I don’t believe this will stop any children of bad parents from being exposed to horrible things online. Age gates don’t stop that (because they either get bypassed or another site exposes even worse stuff without the age gate).

That’s what the router setting to block adult websites is for… you don’t have to monitor 24/7, have some idea that bad sites are blocked, and you can just be doing regular checkups on your child then.

There is and was never a need to involve IDs, other than more control over us as a whole and being able to extract more data.

Linux can run on macbooks, you can probably look up the model online and see if it has good support. I used to run debian on a macbook, though that macbook was from 2013 or something like that.

On the other hand, if you can sell your macbook and get more than a good thinkpad (for your use) is selling for, I would do that.

You make it sounds like a good thing; people will wont have microslops os by default… they may pick loonix!!! (this comment is brought to you by me)

Wait im dumb miceoslip WILL HAVE AGE ASSURANCE!!! GET out everyone will you can

Can you really discount and avoid a whole project because of that statement?

It reads like: “Can we keep politics out of software?”

Which I agree with for the most part.

I’m not sure I have experienced enough of life to make this statement, but it feels like in recent years a lot of people are becoming radicalized through social media, etc, which is seeing its spread into every conversation and space. Maybe he is done with politics and doesn’t want to keep hearing about it in unrelelated spaces (software conferences). What’s wrong with that?

I’ve seen the guy on a podcast where he explains ladybird, he seems like a good dude doing it out of love and to see competition in the browser space, I can’t fault him for this (nothing burger).

Do you think differently?

I’m too ready to ladybird browser to be ready in a few years.

Yeah i hate when I see people using Brave, because they have been brainwashed.

Does anyone remember when they were injecting their own referral links into links for online stores (99% certain they did this pls prove wrong if you know better)? This alone leaves them with 0 trust in my books.