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Your Computer Might Demand Your Age Soon, No Matter Where You Live

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Your Computer Might Demand Your Age Soon, No Matter Where You Live

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Privacy@lemmy.ml · 4 days ago

New state laws are pushing age verification into macOS and Windows. By 2027, logging in might require a facial scan or government ID.

This is unacceptable. And I’m sick of all the fucking workarounds to maintain basic privacy.

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I could easily see things like Discord, Meta, Google, Reddit, and Twitter doing this if it came to that, for instance.
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  And nothing of value was lost.

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