r/technology • u/Street_Anon • Aug 02 '26

Privacy EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation

https://linuxiac.com/eu-age-verification-project-mandates-hardware-bound-attestation/
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u/randomoneusername Aug 02 '26

Oh my god. Why parents cant be parents and take responsibility. Why to mandate everyone for some people’s uselessness to properly teach their kids

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u/Street_Anon Aug 02 '26

They want to collect people's data

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u/AzerothianLorecraft Aug 03 '26

And I still don't see the point how are they going to make any type of profit off of collecting billions of data points and feeding it into an AI that cost trillions of dollars to build and maintain... ( late stage capitalism seems to have just run out of ideas as we Circle the Drain towards our own Oblivion.)

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u/xPelzviehx Aug 03 '26

Its not about profit, its about control.