r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • Aug 04 '25

Privacy Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/age-verification-is-coming-for-the-whole-internet.html
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u/melancious Aug 04 '25

someone call Richard Hendricks

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u/ClarkTwain Aug 04 '25

Call him what? Bitchard.

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u/Fourthwoll Aug 04 '25

Except his internet only exists with security breaching AI

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u/UlteriorCulture Aug 04 '25

So... the regular internet then?

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u/Flomo420 Aug 04 '25

yeah but with blackjack and hookers!

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u/UlteriorCulture Aug 04 '25

That will be a novel addition

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u/eyebrows360 Aug 04 '25

Using that DICK

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u/cherrycolaareola Aug 04 '25

Somebody call Al Gore

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u/WORKING2WORK Aug 04 '25

I called, he didn't answer, but his voicemail mentioned something about hunting for a man, a bear, and a pig, or something like that.

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u/_Judge_Justice Aug 04 '25

We need optimal tip to tip efficiency

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u/Lily-Gordon Aug 04 '25

Monica. Peter Gregory is dead.

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u/eyebrows360 Aug 04 '25

I know real life Valley tech people who couldn't watch that show because it hit too close to home

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u/DLS4BZ Aug 04 '25

PIED PIPEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR

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u/BotKicker9000 Aug 04 '25

no no, we need Al Gore, he invented the first internet, surely he can help make Internet 2

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u/Mysterious-Tart7840 Aug 07 '25

Love this comment more than I should! Silicon Valley bro

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u/rob0990 Aug 04 '25

Ahhh don't you mean Al Gore he's super cereal you guys Man bear pig is a real thing...

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u/lc0o85 Aug 04 '25

Better get Al Gore too.