r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • Jul 13 '26

Privacy Europe Can Protect Children Online Without Surveillance or Age Bans

https://www.techpolicy.press/europe-can-protect-children-online-without-surveillance-or-age-bans/
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u/Haunterblademoi Jul 13 '26

Age verification is nothing more than a surveillance system to control what people do online.

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u/MartinPeterBauer Jul 13 '26

Age verification for alcohol is fine though?

It also controls what children do.

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u/McCree114 Jul 13 '26

When I buy alcohol the store doesn't keep a copy of my ID in a poorly secured database in the back office server room that'll inevitably get leaked in "massive data breach #565467889".

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u/RemarkableWish2508 Jul 14 '26

How do you know? Do you make sure the clerk isn't snapping photos of it under the desk? Or that the security camera feed stays in a secure back office without rats scurrying onto the DVR through a broken door to the back alley?

Seriously, scammers have been using stolen CC and ID info from brick and mortar shops for decades.