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Comment by anon-3988 | original | California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law
[−]anon-3988 · 2026-08-30 Sun 11:17 UTC · link
> if you wanted to prevent harm from the internet you would start with proper privacy laws

Explain how a privacy that protects you and me will somehow not protect a pedophile. How does that work?

I am FOR privacy. I don't think it can be done.

I do not want to have any information at all stored anywhere, encrypted, decentralized or otherwise. Nada. Its just text. I want to just be a number in everyone database. I want to be able to spawn millions of numbers that will never be related to each other. My ideal privacy world is a world where bots thrive.

Just go to face to face discussion if you care so much about who you are talking to.

[−]lcnPylGDnU4H9OF · 2026-08-30 Sun 13:10 UTC · link
> Explain how a privacy that protects you and me will somehow not protect a pedophile.

I think that it will, and that's okay. The US Bill of Rights necessarily protects criminals as well as innocents. "The optimal amount of [crime] is non-zero." (https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/optimal-amount-of-fra...)