XPost: alt.comp.linux   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-06 14:37, s|b wrote:   
   > On 6 Feb 2026 12:17:00 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >   
   >>    As mentioned in Carlos' references, the age check facility will be   
   >> provided by an independent organization (probably government   
   >> controlled).   
   >   
   > Probably.   
   >   
   >> The social media platform just sends a request to this   
   >> facility asking whether or not the prospective user has the required   
   >> minimum age and gets back a yes/no indication.   
   >>   
   >>    The platform does not get a name or the actual age or any other   
   >> information. They get what they need (yes/no), nothing more.   
   >   
   > Tnx for educating me, because that was not how I thought it worked.   
      
   Me neither, but it seems viable to me.   
      
   >   
   >>    We - in The Netherlands - already have a similar system for different   
   >> purposes, so yes it can be done.   
   >   
   > I can imagine not everyone is happy about it. This system could be   
   > (ab)used to track people, in principle. What if such a system was   
   > hacked?   
      
   Payments with cards is done that way here. The shop doesn't see the card   
   data.   
      
      
   >>    Of course  the 'social media' companies - and especially their rabid   
   >> owners - pretend that such a system is not possible, so they have a   
   >> 'reason' for continuing spreading their bile, influencing politics,   
   >> elections, supporting extreme anti-democratic parties, etc., etc..   
   >   
   > So they'll probably be fined with a slap on the wrist, a couple million   
   > euro, while raking in millions more in the process.   
   >   
      
   Who knows. Some fines in France are pretty large.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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