Somewhere in a government building in the UK: We did it, Patrick…
If they did this here, I’d just stop using bluesky. I’m 41. But I have no interest in verifying ages online. We’ve all seen how poorly companies handle intetnal security.
Just yesterday McDonalds had their entire database of applications compromised because someone tried the password 123456.
Bluesky would be dropped instantly.
This isn’t about age verification. It’s about getting your ID and tying your (probably illegal but yet to be proven) online activity to it. Much like the firewall of China.
All wrapped up nicely in the disguise of “age verification”
If it works the way they claim it is indeed very private.
It doesn’t.
This pisses me off, governments mandating control. Would this affect Lemmy or any fediverse software one day?
Pretty concerning that a “western democracy” is doing this, because it gives cover for the next one and the next one.
It’s easy to say “oh I’ll just stop using such and such a service” but what happens when there are no more legal services to switch to?
The UK has been in lock step with the US in terms of moronic voters and stupid leaders.
The UK is in Europe, but it’s closer to the morons in Texas than Switzerland.
So uh, choosing an instance was too complicated, right?
What makes you think this doesn’t apply to Mastodon instances?
Headlines like this really need to put the emphasis on the cause, e.g. “UK Government Forces Bluesky to Roll Out Age Verification”
“why has our userbase in the uk cratered but our userbase in germany skyrocketed?” - some bluesky dev looking at google analytics
