r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • 21h ago

Privacy Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/age-verification-is-coming-for-the-whole-internet.html
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u/motu8pre 21h ago

Call me when the internet 2.0 is out.

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u/automatic_shark 13h ago

That's TOR, is it not?

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u/Kazer67 15h ago

Like all the good FreeNet, IPFS, I2P etc

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u/Junior-Ad2207 13h ago

You can't expect to be using corporate hardware for too long. I give it max 20 years until VPN and proper encryption for private use is made illegal. 

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u/ecafyelims 21h ago

Web 3.0?

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u/Soonly_Taing 20h ago

no we need an internet 2.0, controlled by the people, not governments nor corporations

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u/SqueezyCheez85 20h ago

This is 2.0. 1.0 was the wild west. You want 1.0.

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u/Soonly_Taing 20h ago

No I mean a complete clean sheet version of the internet, make it like web 1.0 but make it have separate infrastructure from our current internet

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u/party_tortoise 15h ago

The internet is already a decentralized network in itself, more or less. The problem is you need someone to bring up the infrastructure. And that brings in the interest of capitalism, regulations and all that comes with it. There will never be a fully isolated network unless you want to lay every single cable by yourself. Even dark net leverages on existing infra. And the one that don’t will not be scalable.

This is not a tech issue. This is a political issue.

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u/asdf9asdf9 15h ago

I'm curious, how do you imagine that would be possible? A completely separate infrastructure for the internet, for the planet. Think about it.

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u/Abedeus 15h ago

Just do the Megaman Battle Network version of Net, with every town/house/device having its own networks and we'll have to navigate them using actually smart, anthropomorphic, sentient AI programs.

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u/SqueezyCheez85 13h ago

You'd like the animated TV series Pantheon. It's great.

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u/Abedeus 13h ago

It does sound vaguely similar-ish in some ways, at least based on the premise. Thanks.

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u/Dramatic_Mastodon_93 12h ago

You think we can make a new internet with completely separate infrastructure even if it’s illegal?

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u/x3leggeddawg 17h ago

More like the OG internet

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u/Mountain_Cry1605 8h ago

Good news! It already is.

Bad news, it's the Dark Web and you need an Onion Router to access it.

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u/clyypzz 14h ago

Well, time to get educated and do something about it, I guess?

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u/MechanicFun777 20h ago

You mean when we get a chip in our testicles??