UK Age verification.

Alain De Vos

Alain De Vos

The intend was good , protect children.
However it was never made to include everyone, certainly not 5% Linux or FreeBSD users. So it is not inclusive, more it is explicitly exclusive.
A certain user base is excluded...
And for tech companies making money out of "profile generation" of users, that is to log your internet behaviour, build a profile on this, the opensource users are not interesting... So now there is age verification but NO PRIVACY. Great job UK lawmakers. And some more paperwork to it. It will be better :)
 
It still needs a conspiracy. I expect all of the US, UK and EU internet providers will suddenly launch a networking standard that involves an isolated ID channel which will be the enforcement. No ID, no connection.
Pretty much 1 giant firmware update for all consumer phones and modems...
 
This is going on in the US as well. I wrote my state senator (calmly, nothing about you stupid idiot, etc) and got back a generic reply how they're protecting children but protecting privacy too. It's sad, but people are so incredibly stupid that they get away with it. We (and not just the US) have the government we deserve.
 
Scrotto something totally unrelated sorry if i do.
When as a European i buy an amazon. Amazon US ok, billed. Deduced from VISA, No checks , except password login.

Here in Europe Amazon , a QR code its shown, you must scan this with your GSM, & bank application. Check is very rigorous. This is nice.

On Age verification, different Countries in Europe might have different directions. Note, UK does does not belong to "European Union".
Will have a look how , to see it here in Belgium now.
Funny thing, some States in US are the biggest producers of "Adult content", and when i look , when wife does not see (very very booring content).
& then California tells yeah we go this direction now. We are more HOLY then the POPE in Rome.
 
Note , i will not say we are "best", worst in many places.

Belgium (EU): Follows "Privacy by Design." Any age check must prove you are old enough without revealing exactly who you are. The goal is to verify an attribute (age), not an identity.

The Belgian Data Protection Authority (GBA/APD) strictly forbids platforms from collecting extra data under the guise of an age check

There is "Government application", which uses in background "Anonymous digital tokens".
https://belgianmobileid.github.io/doc/authentication/
 
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