There are a few qualifiers here. It’s for some users in UK and Australia trying to access sensitive content. And it sounds like it’s reaction to laws against youth under 16 accessing social media. In Australia, anyway. So the scope is currently fairly limited.
Should we be worried that this will pave the road for larger privacy abuses? Yes, of course we should. That scenario feels likely, in my opinion.
Is this enough to convince my friends to use a different platform? Not yet.
They could just deny access without verification. But thinking more broadly there’ll certainly be ways to fool the system. But, shouldn’t have to in the first place.
There are a few qualifiers here. It’s for some users in UK and Australia trying to access sensitive content. And it sounds like it’s reaction to laws against youth under 16 accessing social media. In Australia, anyway. So the scope is currently fairly limited.
Should we be worried that this will pave the road for larger privacy abuses? Yes, of course we should. That scenario feels likely, in my opinion.
Is this enough to convince my friends to use a different platform? Not yet.
Disable camera access to the app/binary
They could just deny access without verification. But thinking more broadly there’ll certainly be ways to fool the system. But, shouldn’t have to in the first place.
virtual camera device + static photo
Absolutely this, and if they require video evidence just OBS to an MKV.
Christopher Walken watches all of my porn.