This is a compelling argument, but do you think its really a significant attack vector? Its already illegal to share or leak (even unintentionally) this data, and from my understanding, if you chose to set your age to a lower bracket via this process, companies sharing (also collecting? Currently unclear on this.) this data would also break CCPA and possibly COPPA, and from my understanding, the companies are required to provide additional data privacy measures under California Civil Code.
Yes, these laws will be broken, but will it be on a significant enough scale, and with reliable enough information to be worth-while? Like, since this bans the use of data from those who set their age low, wouldn’t this likely reduce the data collection pool overall, not to mention inventiving adults to poison this data. For those who do illegally collect this data anyway, is it that much of an advantage compared to just asking the user’s age upon reaching the site as most sites currently do? Beyond that, when these sites operating illegally do leak their data, will that data be a realistic attack vector? Like I said to another commenter, collating data in this way seems extremely impractical and unreliable for predators. Wouldn’t those who want to seek out children just go to existing spaces where they can connect directly like Roblox or Discord? Like, don’t get me wrong, I don’t like data collection, but compared to everything else, this seems like a relatively unreliable and unhelpful data point, esspecially given all the legal restrictions.
Edit: also, would be interested to hear if your opinion changes if even storing this value is illegal, if unnecessary data collection as a whole is banned, and/or if this value has a legally defined default of using the 18+ value, and doesn’t have to be made obvious in account setup.
Edit 2: Also, wantted to say thanks for responding genuinely and with a well-articulated argument. I know the Fediverse tends to be very… unfriendly… towards anything that may impact privacy and towards government regulation in general, so your civility is really appreciated.
This is a compelling argument, but do you think its really a significant attack vector? Its already illegal to share or leak (even unintentionally) this data, and from my understanding, if you chose to set your age to a lower bracket via this process, companies sharing (also collecting? Currently unclear on this.) this data would also break CCPA and possibly COPPA, and from my understanding, the companies are required to provide additional data privacy measures under California Civil Code.
Yes, these laws will be broken, but will it be on a significant enough scale, and with reliable enough information to be worth-while? Like, since this bans the use of data from those who set their age low, wouldn’t this likely reduce the data collection pool overall, not to mention inventiving adults to poison this data. For those who do illegally collect this data anyway, is it that much of an advantage compared to just asking the user’s age upon reaching the site as most sites currently do? Beyond that, when these sites operating illegally do leak their data, will that data be a realistic attack vector? Like I said to another commenter, collating data in this way seems extremely impractical and unreliable for predators. Wouldn’t those who want to seek out children just go to existing spaces where they can connect directly like Roblox or Discord? Like, don’t get me wrong, I don’t like data collection, but compared to everything else, this seems like a relatively unreliable and unhelpful data point, esspecially given all the legal restrictions.
Edit: also, would be interested to hear if your opinion changes if even storing this value is illegal, if unnecessary data collection as a whole is banned, and/or if this value has a legally defined default of using the 18+ value, and doesn’t have to be made obvious in account setup.
Edit 2: Also, wantted to say thanks for responding genuinely and with a well-articulated argument. I know the Fediverse tends to be very… unfriendly… towards anything that may impact privacy and towards government regulation in general, so your civility is really appreciated.