BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Age verification in OS
De:       Ron L.
Data:     Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:58:37 -0400
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-=> Grant Weasner wrote to Dr. What <=-

 GW> seems like there is some other agenda given meta was one of the main
 GW> contributors to initative.

We need to remember that there isn't just one group with one goal here.

A company like Meta wants to use it to track a person on the Internet - which
they do a lot today when you log into other sites using your Facebook ID - to
collect a profile which is used to offer you ads, etc.

Then you have gov't group who want to track you to see if you go to any "bad"
sites.  "Bad" = sites that they can't control that tell you things they don't
want you to know.

Then you have the pedos that want to be able to target kids because if they
pulled their stuff on adults, they'd get put in jail.

 GW> The stupid part is the premiss is FALSE.

That's because it's not a premise.  It's an excuse.

 GW> Like the politicians believe the internet is in the computer by
 GW> default.

Politicians are all morons.  That's why they are politicians.

 GW> I have computers that have no access to the internet because they don't
 GW> have wifi or ethernet cards.

I have a room of vintage computers - most of which CAN access the Internet. 
But the companies that made them and their OSs don't exist anymore.

 GW> The dang OS isn't internet.

This is what we call the "frog in the pot" problem.

Put a frog in a pot with room temp water.  He will be happy.
Turn the heat up on the pot slowly, so the frog doesn't feel discomfort and
gets used to the higher temp.
The frog will happilly let himself be cooked.

The gov't tried all sort of stuff to block access to stuff they don't like and
it all failed.  Microsoft has tried with Win 11 - which everyone hates.  Apple
has always been a willing partner.  Now they want to go after the open source
stuff.  If not to control it, but to remove it from use.

 GW> I think make the laws on the sites that are harming people not the dang
 GW> computer/OS. If twiter/X, facebook, ..etc, are harming people then
 GW> restrict those places, not the people.

Most of the time, a law is part of the problem.  Not the solution.
But the Elitists don't want to believe that.


... I have a firm grip on reality.  Now I can strangle it.
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