On 2026-03-10, Marco DE BOOIJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nothing can prevent this. Whether you are 10, 20, 30 or 80, you always > need to be on guard. Nowadays predators, or whatever you want to call > them, have enough tools to hide their nature. It is a 'battle' between > the 'good' and the 'bad'. Personally I do not want those checks that are > build in. They only bring Big Brother closer to our homes. Every barrier > will be passed in the end, it might even be by the 'good' of today. > > I once was called by a guy that told me that my PC was hacked and that > he needed access to my computer. When I refused, he threatened with the > police because I was violating the law by helping criminals. I am still > waiting, after over 6 years, for the police to come. Laws do not make me > safe, they might help. The same goes with banning and age verification. > Both are certain to fail (in the long run). And what then? ID card in a > card reader? A sure way to disaster by ID theft. >
I don't entirely disagree. I think, in France, they once said that over 25% of all 12-year-olds had seen hard porn on the Internet. I think that's a problem. But I don't know how to solve it. Maybe it is unsolvable in this day and age. They banned social media here for people under 15, but the implementation details are absent. I don't think there are any implementation details to reveal. It's just hand-waving.
