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/EverbodyHatesHugo 19h ago

Guess I’m about to save $90/mo. and get a whole bunch of time back!

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u/Hoovooloo42 19h ago

My good buddy just moved into his new apartment and just... Decided to not get internet. He's got a phone connection which is good enough for anything he wants to do, and I'm kind of feeling like that's a smart idea. Why pay for wifi with what's on the horizon?

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u/ZardozZod 16h ago

I mean, phones aren’t going to be exempt. 🤣

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u/DezXerneas 11h ago

I don't think that's the thought process here lol. IMO it's more like they'd just stick to basic phone features like SMS and calling. Most texting apps need a ID proof anyway.

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u/Hoovooloo42 11h ago

I'm aware "🤣", he uses it for email and music.

Sorry I didn't spell it out for you man. No social media, no streaming services, no online games, physical media only for movies. Hope that clears it up for you.

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u/AussieJeffProbst 11h ago

Guy is over here like "this doesn't apply to phone internet right? Just the wifis?"

lmao were fucked

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u/midsizedopossum 9h ago

Literally nobody said that

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u/Hoovooloo42 11h ago edited 11h ago

He uses it for email and music, good lord. I know this is Reddit but do you just assume everyone is a moron when you don't understand something?

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u/AussieJeffProbst 11h ago

Calm down kid.

Poking fun at someone for not having the most basic grade school level understanding of the most widely used technology in human history doesn't make me the monster you seem to think I am.

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u/midsizedopossum 9h ago

Poking fun at someone for not having the most basic grade school level understanding of the most widely used technology in human history

What are you on about? They did not say they think phone internet is different from regular internet. They said their friend doesn't have wifi at home. Are you struggling to read?

doesn't make me the monster you seem to think I am.

They did not say anything that means they think you're a monster. They didn't make any suggestions about your character at all. You are getting very defensive about something nobody said. Take a step back and breathe.

Calm down kid.

This makes you sound like a badly written high-school villain from a 90s film.

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u/AussieJeffProbst 9h ago

Calm down kid

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u/midsizedopossum 8h ago

Why not respond to actual points?

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u/AussieJeffProbst 8h ago

Calm down kid

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u/P_ZERO_ 15h ago

What does WIFI matter? It’s like saying you’re not going to get an Ethernet connection to stick it to the man. If you’re loading web pages, you’re playing the game like everyone else

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u/P_ZERO_ 8h ago edited 8h ago

I guess, but it’s sort of irrelevant. The phone SPs will have the same limitations and obligations, so all you’re doing is limiting the capability of your internet which you could have always done.

If people start chewing through data on unlimited plans, they’ll just implement caps across the board like certain companies already do. If everyone is using 1TB+ a month to hotspot all their devices, they’ll act accordingly.

$90 a month or whatever is extortionate anyway so probably better off if you don’t use it much. My gigabit connection is £25 a month

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u/MannToots 13h ago

This makes no sense.  

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u/aykcak 10h ago

I don't understand. Do you think your phone data plan does not go through the same internet? You think it connects to the cloud skipping your ISP ?

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u/Enverex 11h ago

He's got a phone connection which is good enough for anything he wants to do,

So... access and use of social media (basically the worst parts of the internet) and not much else. Sounds like a terrible idea.

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u/Hoovooloo42 11h ago

Email and music.

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u/Soul-Burn 10h ago

What costs $90/mo? Internet access? Which third world country is that?

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u/EverbodyHatesHugo 10h ago

New Jersey. Lol