I hope that this is used to strengthen privacy laws. But I know this will be used as pretext to enforce dubious "age verification" like we've seen in other countries.
reactordev•42m ago
Chat control
SV_BubbleTime•11m ago
It was hilarious how fast UK changed “online safety act” to <insert liocense fer ‘at joke>.
Just send your face and details to anonymous companies prone to data leaks just to hear songs with naughty words! See Spotify is too dangerous for children!
Post anything about the issues with immigration in the UK? That is straight to jail territory now, and they know just where to find you.
I’m not joking. I want to know what happened to the people that created the British empire. What was at one point the most wealthy and successful nation on the planet. Where are those people?
daedrdev•26m ago
It's clear every site on the internet without id checks (and even those who do check id since people can lie) are accessed by minors, I'm not sure what they expect.
criddell•15m ago
They are collecting this data in order to use it for advertising. Google, Meta, and TikTok know a crazy amount about the people they are tracking. There’s no way they don’t know (or couldn’t make a great guess) about the age.
YC636482376•15m ago
What kind of "sensitive data"? The page does not provide any details. Something as basic as an IP address could be considered "sensitive data" but collecting that is basically inevitable.
yabones•56m ago
reactordev•42m ago
SV_BubbleTime•11m ago
Just send your face and details to anonymous companies prone to data leaks just to hear songs with naughty words! See Spotify is too dangerous for children!
Post anything about the issues with immigration in the UK? That is straight to jail territory now, and they know just where to find you.
I’m not joking. I want to know what happened to the people that created the British empire. What was at one point the most wealthy and successful nation on the planet. Where are those people?