First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out of Control
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I’m old enough to remember when age verification bills were pitched as a way to ‘save the kids from porn’ and shield them from other vague dangers lurking in the digital world (like…“the transgender”). We have long cautioned about the dangers of these laws, and pointed out why they are likely to...
  • @slacktoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
    -45•2 days ago

    What’s gonna stop a pedo from changing the headers to child so that they can access the child internet where all the children are? Like it’s not a great solution to me.

    • DojanEnglish
      11•2 days ago

      The same thing that’s stopping pedophiles today of course.

    • @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
      2•2 days ago

      So what if it was no different than now?

      Nothing stopping adults from playing Roblox now, but we know why they are there

    • gian English
      2•2 days ago

      I think he means that the headers come from the device making the call, not the one receing it, so a pedo should be able to change the headers of my device which is not that easy.
      Then yes, the receing end could simply ignore the header anyway, it would be way easier.

    • @humanspiral@lemmy.caEnglish
      1•2 days ago

      Lucky for the pedo, you never have to prove you are under 18, if that is what you tell the website.