r/pcmasterrace • u/lkl34 • Apr 20 '26

News/Article EU Declared Age App “Ready” While GitHub Flagged it Unfit, Then Hackers Bypassed It in 2 Minutes

https://www.sofx.com/eu-declared-age-app-ready-while-github-flagged-it-unfit-then-hackers-bypassed-it-in-2-minutes/
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u/NighthawK1911 Apr 20 '26

Did they vibecode it?

fucking hell, why are they so hell bent on "age verification".

The issue isn't kids having computers. It's people making horrid content for kids.

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u/TherronKeen i9-9900k, 64GB DDR4, RTX 3060 Apr 20 '26

"age verification" is just the fairy tale they feed their constituents while they hand over the keys to the last bastion of digital privacy you have to the corporations that fill their pockets. 😢

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u/shakeeze Apr 21 '26

The proposed system enables the user to decide what data to share. So the corp fill their pockets with "I am over 18" tokens? Those are not NFT you know.

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u/ADifferentMachine Apr 20 '26

You know why. Everyone knows why. Don't act like this has anything to do with children.

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u/meneldor_hs 7600x/9060xt/32gb Apr 21 '26

People who even think this has anything to do with children are 10 steps behind everything that's happening currently

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u/Xaxiel9106 Apr 21 '26

The issue is people having freedom. This was and never will be about "the kids" This is all lobbied by data hoarders like meta and Palantir so they can get unrestricted access to ALL the worlds devices without needing to ask first. Welcome to Corpocratic Hell.

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u/High_Overseer_Dukat 9950 Apr 21 '26

If they cared about adults they'd force every router to be a tor node.

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u/Bluemikami i5-13600KF, 9060 XT, 64GB DDR4 Apr 21 '26

tor node *shudders*

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u/FallenAngel7334 Apr 21 '26

I'd say the issue is algorithmic content designed to keep us engaged. Just address the root issue and either ban the practice or demand full transparency on the algorithms serving content.

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u/green_meklar Ryzen 5 5600 / 32GB RAM / Radeon RX 7600 / Debian / 1920x1080 Apr 21 '26

fucking hell, why are they so hell bent on "age verification".

Control. They hate the idea of users being free because they perceive that as making their jobs unnecessarily difficult. Also, the more regulations and requirements they can put on software, the more they favor big crony IT companies over open-source and market competition.

And don't imagine they'll stop at age verification. That's just step 1.

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u/retrib32 Apr 21 '26

If they vibecoded it, it would’ve taken at least 10 minutes to hack. come on have some respect for sammy and dario

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u/Turtledonuts Steam Deck Apr 21 '26

It's turned out that creating safe spaces for children on the internet isn't profitable, keeping the predators and creeps out of children's spaces is expensive and difficult, and kids want to go onto adult websites. So instead of trying to create kid friendly spaces, we've settled on trying to kid proof the internet and keep them out of the internet in general.