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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 day ago

Your Computer May Soon Require an Age Check. And You Might Have to Prove It

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Your Computer May Soon Require an Age Check. And You Might Have to Prove It

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 day ago
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Age verification laws are moving beyond porn sites and social media. Soon, your operating system could be required to check your age and share it with apps and websites.
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    1 day ago

    My computer will never require an age check. Because it is mine.

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      14 hours ago

      With that firmware?

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        10 hours ago

        Couldn’t this be avoided by simply not updating the bios?

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          6 hours ago

          read my latest reply to artyom: no

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        Huh?

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          You own and operate thyne hardware’s firmware?

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            11 hours ago

            Do you think age verification is being built into the firmware?

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              I know so.

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                5 hours ago

                Pardon me, but do have a quote from any of these links that actually talks about age verification? I skimmed through them and didn’t find anything substantial

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                  5 hours ago

                  Just like Alcohol & Guns, in order to activate these vendor locked motherboards + CPUs, sellers will be required to attestate proper identification in order to unlock these killswitched devices.
                  All they are waiting on is for the masses to accept buying these. Otherwise you will not be able to compute.

                  Unless we all collectively operate a fabrication facility, you will have no options.

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