It could be a dangerous path indeed, giving the government full access to your phone. I’m not sure the bill says that though.

But I think most people already do… A huge bunch of apps collect everything they can on you; tiktok used to be the worst. I wouldn’t trust a government less than a private company.

I dunno, maybe forcing companies to put (or remove) specific features on their software could set an interesting legal precedent: it could be used to stop companies from pushing features people don’t want or designing apps with dark patterns.

Ok but isn’t it already the case anyway? How would age verification make it easier?

I see how this is bad from a privacy standpoint, but how does it affect device ownership?

If your friends are embarrassed by the apps you choose to use, maybe it’s time to find better friends

Can’t they send a ordinary text message to your phone number?

It’s not when nobody asks you to present facts to support your claims.

Maybe stop doing business with Deloitte for a while?

In all objectivity, this seems like the most rational thing to do.

Now that you can have good translation by AI, why would anyone want to waste their time on localization?

The fact is that a lot of people have always been racist assholes, but now they feel they can say it in public without repercussion.

“you sweet, summer child”

The [AI] safety stuff is more visceral to me after a weekend of vibe hacking,” Lemkin said. I explicitly told it eleven times in ALL CAPS not to do this. I am a little worried about safety now.

This sounds like something straight out of The Onion.