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hackinthebochsyesterday at 10:43 PM1 replyview on HN

>Also children can "come upon" devices

Yes, this mechanism isn't perfect, but is a substantial improvement over the status quo.

>and now that's stuck with the verified age set.

This inference is nonsensical.

>If "just let someone report the age" worked, pornhub wouldn't be blocked in TX.

Also nonsense


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genewitchyesterday at 11:40 PM

How do you propose that a child's device will remember their age in a "legally distinct" way for the life of the device? You ought understand what i am asking here, as it directly follows what i said before. You have a child, somehow the device knows how old the child is. An adult sets it? great. What if the device wasn't set up by a responsible adult?

You don't foresee a black market of "no-age-audit" devices? How do you prevent that? Well, one way is to use the secure enclave and write the birthday in it so that it cannot be tampered with. How is that written? who writes it? Who verifies the ID?

TX passed a law stating that adult sites like pornhub must verify age. I hope you understand what "verify" means in this context. It isn't "i promise i am over 21 or 18 or whatever" - because if that worked, TX lawmakers wouldn't have made the law say "verify" https://journals.law.unc.edu/firstamendmentlawreview/screeni...

In the future, casual dismissals are viewed negatively.

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