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Re:Will California Eliminate Anonymous Web Browsing? (Commen... by cryptonector on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @04:21PM (#32667838)
> ...great! I do want to be treated like a child online. I want sites to present terms of service in a language I can understand. I want ...

That's what you want, but you may not get it.

What you might get instead is:

  - no service unless you "prove" you're over 18
then, to add insult to injury:

  - privacy-invasive age proof
Also, you might instead get:

  - no service at all if you're in CA
Being cynical for a moment, I'd say: you'll never get what you want.
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Re:Will California Eliminate Anonymous Web Browsing? (Commen... by paxys on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @04:23PM (#32667863)
If a service wants to place these restrictions then sure, a competing one will pop up to take its place the next day. I will happily build one myself.
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Re:Will California Eliminate Anonymous Web Browsing? (Commen... by nomel on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @04:37PM (#32668031)
This becomes an issue when ad companies put unverified users on a lower tier.

And, the user experience will be restricted (no commenting, video uploads, and who knows what "safe" means).

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Re:Will California Eliminate Anonymous Web Browsing? (Commen... by cryptonector on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @05:10PM (#32668387)
I admire your optimism.
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Re:Will California Eliminate Anonymous Web Browsing? (Commen... by godelski on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @05:06PM (#32668352)
It's worth mentioning that there was also a very controversial post on HN about Chinese game companies having to do exactly this. There were discussions about things like using cameras and machine learning to verify someone's age but that also is putting a camera into the room of a child (nothing can go wrong here...). There are people condoning as well as advocating for these systems. But I think we're coming to a turning point in our society where we are going to either abandon privacy all together or shift away from surveillance capitalism. Either option will have dramatic changes on our society.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28356141

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