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this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2026
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Privacy
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What makes you think your device has anything to do with it?
It'll be Netflix, your bank, the DMV, email clients, forums, reddit, TikTok, Facebook, Intuit products like TurboTax and Quickbooks, various GIS systems, mobile providers, app stores, games, rideshares, food delivery, amazon, twitch, X, they'll probably make some laws that Lemmy has to be blocked unless they do it, etc.
"We're sorry, your operating system does not support legally-required methods of age verification. Please upgrade to an Amazon Fire Tablet where everything runs from the cloud and its impossible to do anything except what we allow you. Please drink a verification can."
I mean I get what you're saying.
But you estimated my level of spite too low. 🙃 I'm using outdated OS's; sure everyone argues security, but nobody is going to bother with you when you're one out of a million, why not just find an exploit for the million right?
As far as what you mentioned, I pretty much don't use any of that stuff anyway other than lemmy and facebook crap (for international friends). The bank and dmv, lol those idiots just had a major data breach where I live, require an ID already, I go there physically.
A lot of things I do, are done through software and physical proxies.
Whatever requires me to make an account or download a cr'app; I just find something else to do.
I check on whatever info is floating on the web that's easy to access. As far as I'm known, I'm Japanese, Married to an ex, and live in another state.
At the end of the day, if push comes to shove, I have plenty of other things to do and get done that play these age verification games.
and multiple other internets built on this one, you can use them and slowly move out of these ecosystems. More people that try the easier it'll be.