When confronted with age estimation face scans, many people will refrain from accessing restricted websites, even if they have a legal right to use them. Government should restrain this hazardous technology, not normalize it via age verification mandates.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/face-scans-estimate-our-age-creepy-af-and-harmful
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 09:31:38 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation
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MeaningfulBits.eth (meaningfulbits@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 14:56:41 JST MeaningfulBits.eth
@eff this will make it so only multimillion dollars companies can own and run specific types of #website.
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Bram (vectasus@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 21:49:26 JST Bram
@eff Technology is not the problem, it matters how it's used. Like a kitchen knife. Age estimation is terribly inaccurate. Only a fool would use it to restrict access.
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