<![CDATA[We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one.]]>We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. Hear me out:

Keep computers in common areas (kitchen or living room) and delay smartphones. We shouldn't trade everyone's privacy for a problem that can be solved with parenting, love, explaining dangers to kids and stricter corporate accountability.

How hard is this? What am I missing?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/ec16794b-76f1-4e6b-8861-11571c2ba16d/we-are-now-being-told-we-need-digital-id-age-verification-and-kyc-to-protect-kids-at-os-level-but-the-simplest-solution-is-the-best-one.RSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 05:43:16 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2026 13:32:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:54:16 GMT]]>@nixCraft @threatresearch People stopped asking me for advice on “parental controls” because my answer was always “be a parent.”

I’d also point out that they’re about to embark on a path of constantly telling their child that they’re not trusted to do the right thing or to be responsible.

Besides, whatever technical controls the parent puts in place, the child will find a way to circumvent.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/richardstocks/statuses/116484791091654336https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/richardstocks/statuses/116484791091654336Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:54:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:29:40 GMT]]>@the_wub @da_667 @nixCraft

yeah that is not the 'Uncle' i'm referring to.

I'm referring to kids getting trapped in internet 'black market'.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Sassinake/statuses/116484694400117260https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Sassinake/statuses/116484694400117260Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:29:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:30:49 GMT]]>@Sassinake @da_667 @nixCraft In our case getting to "Uncle Bob's" place, their closest uncle being 700 km from here would suggest that they might have matured enough to be allowed to use the internet in private.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/the_wub/statuses/116484462939903482https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/the_wub/statuses/116484462939903482Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:30:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:27:15 GMT]]>@nixCraft

The mistake is assuming the propaganda is true. It's not.

My kids grew up with tablets and cell phones and their own PCs with very little restrictions other than ad/FB/porn blocking. They were honor students and are now in university. They're not even techy nerds (like their parents), just normal well-rounded people.

People think they're "saving our kids" but they're just turning them into easily manipulated idiots who will vote conservative.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/anon20394702398750/statuses/116484448958448678https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/anon20394702398750/statuses/116484448958448678Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:27:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:20:11 GMT]]>@dch @nixCraft Much the same here with our pre-teens.

We have four devices running Linux with decent sized screens in the living room. Useful for Luanti games nights, film nights and just noodling around the net.

We talk a lot with our offspring about issues with the current surveillance economy and related issues. This and more in the context of among other things, geopolitics, gender politics, economics, neurodivergence and religion.

They have dumb phones for calls and texts.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/the_wub/statuses/116484421125499058https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/the_wub/statuses/116484421125499058Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:20:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:00:25 GMT]]>@nixCraft

You aren't missing anything.

the entirety of the global digital ID drive is just a massive data grab dressed up as an innocent child.

It's revolting in it's depravity.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115736792646413589/statuses/116484343417143213https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115736792646413589/statuses/116484343417143213Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:00:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:09:58 GMT]]>@da_667 @nixCraft

those kids are going to find access at Uncle Bob's house down the street.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Sassinake/statuses/116484145020549517https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Sassinake/statuses/116484145020549517Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:09:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:02:48 GMT]]>@nixCraft Censorship is infantilizing, especially when it's applied to adults who simply want to keep a modicum of privacy.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Sassinake/statuses/116484116883127273https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Sassinake/statuses/116484116883127273Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:02:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:47:52 GMT]]>@nixCraft
I will delete my entire online presence,move to the woods and become a feral cryptid before I ever give social media my ID.

Anyway, I agree. Parents need to parent their own fucking children.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116418041188282571/statuses/116484058151267367https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116418041188282571/statuses/116484058151267367Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:47:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:45:51 GMT]]>@nixCraft I couldn’t have said it better myself. Seriously, just be a good parent and pay attention!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/scottslowe/statuses/116484050212909100https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/scottslowe/statuses/116484050212909100Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:45:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:39:38 GMT]]>@nixCraft what if we (and I know this sounds wild) let people work from home; they could do this thing where they have more time to be present with and teach their kids! We could go even further and make *gasp* small walkable communities so kids and parents spend less time commuting and more time community-ing. Rather than constantly slapping security band aids on 😩

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/harpy/statuses/116484025762889651https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/harpy/statuses/116484025762889651Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:39:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:22:51 GMT]]>@nixCraft you are missing that it's not about "protecting kids" but about "protecting big tech from liability arising from harm to kids"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/draNgNon/statuses/116483959755362276https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/draNgNon/statuses/116483959755362276Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:22:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:05:26 GMT]]>@nixCraft I think you are missing the fact that putting a smartphone in each child's hand generates revenue for someone and substituting that with affection and care for the children will put the last nail in the coffin of the economy, which legislators would want you to believe is not collapsing. Welcome to the dystopia.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kalin5/statuses/116483891316809779https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kalin5/statuses/116483891316809779Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:05:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:05:12 GMT]]>@nixCraft be a good parent & everything will be fine. Keep your children away from phone or computer (specially phone) until they are not 18+.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/GOKUSHRM/statuses/116483890391191330https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/GOKUSHRM/statuses/116483890391191330Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:05:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:59:34 GMT]]>@nixCraft
Kids also deserve privacy when using the family computer. I don't believe that computers in common areas solve this.
But parenting, love and explaining will.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://det.social/users/Progenitus/statuses/116483868234016710https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://det.social/users/Progenitus/statuses/116483868234016710Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:59:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:55:34 GMT]]>But eliminating privacy is the whole point. The Epstein Class has no interest in protecting children. They’re only about protecting themselves and extending their control.
@nixCraft

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lefthandmonki/statuses/116483852494745233https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lefthandmonki/statuses/116483852494745233Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:55:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:01:06 GMT]]>@nixCraft It's never about protecting kids. That's just the excuse they use to manipulate voters and the public.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bootlessbuck/statuses/116483638300485150https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bootlessbuck/statuses/116483638300485150Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:01:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:59:07 GMT]]>@nixCraft well said

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116483251241380275/statuses/116483630536344631https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116483251241380275/statuses/116483630536344631Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:59:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:51:02 GMT]]>@miss_rodent @nixCraft 100% This. Its the old Kansas City Shuffle just with Accountability and billions in Lobby efforts.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedihum.org/users/YaHeWe/statuses/116483598757753799https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedihum.org/users/YaHeWe/statuses/116483598757753799Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:51:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:22:34 GMT]]>@nixCraft it's about controlling other people's kids

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://furry.engineer/users/fluffykittycat/statuses/116483486821134359https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://furry.engineer/users/fluffykittycat/statuses/116483486821134359Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:22:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:07:11 GMT]]>@nixCraft Do you do this with your kids?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/apa/statuses/116483426305684596https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/apa/statuses/116483426305684596Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:07:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:55:37 GMT]]>@nixCraft as a Single Mom of two Audhad Kids und with two Jobs to get Food on the Table - Parenting needs Time and presence. How to watch the Kids when Home alone ?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/EWWPPL/statuses/116483380807772645https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/EWWPPL/statuses/116483380807772645Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:55:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:45:33 GMT]]>@nixCraft lots of parents just hand their babies/toddlers/children tablets or phones as the modern version of laudanum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey%27s_Cordial

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/jonpsp/statuses/116483341261614285https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/jonpsp/statuses/116483341261614285Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:45:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:43:33 GMT]]>@nixCraft

The naive belief that your rules in your house apply anywhere else. My first porn not age appropriate was at my aunts house, it was mixed with age appropriate VHS tapes and we kids were sent to the TV room to give the grown-ups space to talk.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/silkester/statuses/116483333380269373https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/silkester/statuses/116483333380269373Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:43:33 GMT