Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoBrits can get around Discord's age verification thanks to Death Stranding's photo mode, bypassing the measure introduced with the UK's Online Safety Act. We tried it and it works—thanks, Kojimawww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
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minus-squareDeestan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 days agoThe goal is to introduce general surveillance and censorship mechanisms. Porn age stuff is just a convenient entry point. Solving just that without the survellance mechamisms is pointless to these people.
minus-squareQuicky@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoYeah, I’m not getting involved in the politics or reasoning of the assumed end goal, I’m just talking from a technical standpoint.
minus-squareDeestan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoThat is important. Pointing out sane alternatives helps make it clear this isn’t an acceptable solution.
The goal is to introduce general surveillance and censorship mechanisms.
Porn age stuff is just a convenient entry point. Solving just that without the survellance mechamisms is pointless to these people.
Yeah, I’m not getting involved in the politics or reasoning of the assumed end goal, I’m just talking from a technical standpoint.
That is important. Pointing out sane alternatives helps make it clear this isn’t an acceptable solution.