Re:UK Government proposes porn-viewing ID
by SCdF on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @12:57PM
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There is a solution: it's installing netnanny (or whatever it's called these days) on your children's devices, and being a responsible parent to the best of your abilities.
Please don't let your squeamishness for your children's sake crap over everyone else's freedom to not be put on a leakable list that can be used to further erode our privacy for decades to come.
Now you might say "but buying booze has an id check: surely this is the same!". To that I say:
- Buying booze is not something you can be blackmailed or shamed about, except in very specific circumstances
- When I buy booze I flash an ID that the human can look at and trust, and then they promptly forget who I am when they serve the next person. I'm not sure if that's either implementable on the internet, or even desired.
Please don't let your squeamishness for your children's sake crap over everyone else's freedom to not be put on a leakable list that can be used to further erode our privacy for decades to come.
Now you might say "but buying booze has an id check: surely this is the same!". To that I say:
- Buying booze is not something you can be blackmailed or shamed about, except in very specific circumstances
- When I buy booze I flash an ID that the human can look at and trust, and then they promptly forget who I am when they serve the next person. I'm not sure if that's either implementable on the internet, or even desired.