General_Effort@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoBluesky is rolling out age verification in the UKwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkBluesky is rolling out age verification in the UKwww.theverge.comGeneral_Effort@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecatty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThis isn’t about age verification. It’s about getting your ID and tying your (probably illegal but yet to be proven) online activity to it. Much like the firewall of China. All wrapped up nicely in the disguise of “age verification”
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 months agoIf it works the way they claim it is indeed very private.
minus-squarelostoncalantha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAccording to your father ulrich.
minus-squarepika@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIs the system opaque? Does someone else hold the private encryption keys? Could unencrypted data leak from the company and expose users? If any of those answers are “yes”, then assume it’s already compromised by a government and unsafe.
This isn’t about age verification. It’s about getting your ID and tying your (probably illegal but yet to be proven) online activity to it. Much like the firewall of China.
All wrapped up nicely in the disguise of “age verification”
If it works the way they claim it is indeed very private.
It doesn’t.
According to whom?
According to your father ulrich.
Is the system opaque? Does someone else hold the private encryption keys? Could unencrypted data leak from the company and expose users?
If any of those answers are “yes”, then assume it’s already compromised by a government and unsafe.