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[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 47 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (24 children)

Such an on-device feature would either be trivial to break (if it's an ordinary API) or be impossible to implement in an open-source browser and OS (if it's some locked-down DRM-like thing), and the latter is not privacy-preserving because proprietary software tends to be spyware.

If these moralizers would just shut up, go away, and stop trying to ruin the Internet, that'd be great.

[–] sznio@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Just an another HTTP header, flagging if user is an adult. Set it to False if OS reports that the account used has parental controls enabled.

This is just meant to keep children out, not protect state secrets.

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That will keep children out for about 12 seconds.

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

Maybe, but if their parents failed to enable parental controls or the kids hack them, they shouldn't be allowed to blame the websites.

There's already plenty of options available to parents - legislators must be made to stop blaming websites when parents don't use those tools available to them.

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