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Australians to face age checks from search engines

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139 points stubish | 10 comments | 01 Jul 25 23:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.239s | source | bottom
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ethan_smith ◴[02 Jul 25 01:08 UTC] No.44439379[source]▶
Australia's been down this road before with the failed 2019 age verification bill and the Online Safety Act. The technical implementation challenges are enormous - from VPN circumvention to privacy risks of ID verification systems.
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1. frollogaston ◴[02 Jul 25 01:09 UTC] No.44439380[source]▶
Well the age assurance is only for logged-in users, so they can just log out.
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2. bigfatkitten ◴[02 Jul 25 01:12 UTC] No.44439394[source]▶
You’d have a hard time finding a 12+ year old who doesn’t know what Incognito mode in Chrome is for.
3. postingawayonhn ◴[02 Jul 25 01:19 UTC] No.44439436[source]▶
The article doesn't quite spell it out but I assume you won't be able to turn off safe search unless you log in with a verified 18+ account.
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4. frollogaston ◴[02 Jul 25 01:20 UTC] No.44439441[source]▶
It does say "default" which implies you can turn off the filter, but yeah it's not very clear and does make a big difference. For example, YouTube already won't let you view flagged content without signing in.
5. senectus1 ◴[02 Jul 25 01:21 UTC] No.44439451[source]▶
hmmm another slef hosting service to knock up. proxied search engine.
6. SchemaLoad ◴[02 Jul 25 02:13 UTC] No.44439681[source]▶
This is how Youtube works now. Age restricted videos can't be viewed without logging in.
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7. hilbert42 ◴[02 Jul 25 02:16 UTC] No.44439698[source]▶
Unfortunately, two problems with that approach, Goolge with fingerprinting, cookies, IP addresses etc. will still know who you are. Second, even in the rare event that you are able to make yourself anonymous then the search results you're dished up can be filtered without your knowledge.

That would have the same effect.

8. _aavaa_ ◴[02 Jul 25 02:19 UTC] No.44439712[source]▶
Ahh yes, a technological solution to a political problem.
9. ptek ◴[02 Jul 25 07:33 UTC] No.44441071{3}[source]▶
Yeah. Can’t watch king of the streets or some video game trailers.
10. _Algernon_ ◴[02 Jul 25 11:06 UTC] No.44442237{3}[source]▶
Ah yes. How terrible would it be if an angsty teen watched the music video to Linkin Park's Numb. Truly the end of the world.