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Re:Age verification is just a precursor to automated attribu... by rockskon on Monday June 29, 2026 @12:40AM (#48714877)
Law alone cannot fix it. Tech alone cannot fix it.

If we wish to preserve the values we grew up with, we need both.

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Re:Age verification is just a precursor to automated attribu... by microgpt on Monday June 29, 2026 @01:31AM (#48715198)
Law can fix 90% of it. Tech can fix 10%.
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Re:Age verification is just a precursor to automated attribu... by rockskon on Monday June 29, 2026 @01:42AM (#48715274)
As cynical as it sounds given its frequent use in marketing and often inappropriate use in legal circles, securing what data is collected is important too.

Raise the bar for a data breach. It has value. Much more value if the law did a much better job of restricting what is collected in the first place and its dissemination.

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Re:Age verification is just a precursor to automated attribu... by microgpt on Monday June 29, 2026 @02:21AM (#48715519)
Punishing companies for data breaches will solve more data breaches than any amount of encryption.
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Re:Age verification is just a precursor to automated attribu... by rockskon on Monday June 29, 2026 @02:36AM (#48715623)
I find that particularly unrealistic that we can arrive at a good place solely by fining companies for data breaches.
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Re:Age verification is just a precursor to automated attribu... by microgpt on Monday June 29, 2026 @05:13AM (#48716758)
Seems to mostly work in Europe. Did you know that a European person's advertising tracking data is the most expensive because it's so hard to get?
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Re:Age verification is just a precursor to automated attribu... by technol0gic on Monday June 29, 2026 @08:30AM (#48718411)
hear hear
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