Re:Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control
by simonask on Saturday March 21, 2026 @09:14PM
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Perhaps the first step is to actually listen to the frustrated people. Maybe at least some of their problems are real.
Re:Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control
by mindslight on Saturday March 21, 2026 @09:41PM
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I've definitely listened to the frustrated people, as well as even sharing many of their frustrations. And their (our) problems are definitely real. I still stand by what I said.
To show you that I'm maybe not just blowing smoke out of my ass on this topic, here is me personally dealing with a scammer-adjacent problem: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47125550
The solution is called a durable power of attorney and then moving significant assets to different financial institutions with estatements. Or the heavyweight option is a living trust.
This problem really has no bearing on mandatory identity verification or locking down software. Scammers leverage generic apps in the app stores just fine.
This problem most certainly is a part of the global turn towards fascism, which is ultimately based on frustrated people demanding easy answers and then empowering those who are able to give them easy answers by lying to them.