The smart phone generation seem to have lower computer literacy than millennials largely due to smart phones hiding away a lot of the workings. In the UK age verification for adult sites came into force yesterday and like everywhere streaming services are getting very enshittified. This is going to lead kids to discovering tor, VPNs, pirating, how to make deep fakes (to fool ai based age verification), and other ways of getting what they want without restrictions.
When was it decided that parents can do absolutely nothing wrong regarding their kids so that intrusive bullshit like this had to be introduced? Who in their right mind would upload their ID or face pic to some rando porn site to verify an age? It’s like Internet Security 101 to not do that ever.
I had a sour taste in my mouth when signing Stop Killing Games because it required my full legal name and address even tho I understand that they need to verify my eligibility to vote and I trust them way more than I trust a for-profit porn site. It’s just not something I usually do on principle.
Yeah the Act shows the wilful stupidity of politicians who pass legislation without understanding the areas they’re legislating on. It’s a nonsense act that tries to look like it is “protecting children” and is performative nonsense for MPs to pass moral judgement on things they don’t agree with.
But in practice it’s a security and privacy nightmare, it’s restricting and interfering in the freedom and rights of the majority of the population all to satisfy a stupid moral panic, and it makes the UK look like a backwards state.
it makes the UK look like a backwards state.
Don’t worry, soon other countries will be down there with the UK. Look at the payment processor (Visa/MC/etc) issues recently with sexually explicit games on Steam and itch.io.
Who in their right mind would upload their ID or face pic to some rando porn site to verify an age? It’s like Internet Security 101 to not do that ever.
That’s the point. They’re not trying to “protect the kids”. They’re trying to kill porn by making it more cumbersome and uncomfortable for you to do.
Training to accept the taste of leather.
We owe it to youth to stop this, not see training opportunities like Americans do their slaves.
I love how your comment negatively depicts Americans as enslavers while simultaneously portrays everyone else as victims of their government.
seems pretty racist to me.
2 words. PORN MAGAZINES
return 2 the bush
I doubt that. As long as social media algorithms can capture the attention of children, most won’t bother with learning more about computers.
The reason previous generations did, was because there weren’t so many ways to distract yourself. To play games on the first computer I had access to I had to use DOS. There was no way around it. Now people don’t, so they won’t.
Disagree. That’ll only make kids look for the next easiest solution. Tor? VPN? Too complicated. Just join a telegram chat group, done. Piracy and porn galore (plus fuckloads of ads, piracy for sale and scams). They’ll only use AI to make porn of girls in their classes
We can all hope, but that may not happen
deleted by creator
https://www.edweek.org/technology/u-s-students-computer-literacy-performance-drops/2024/12
It is difficult to find data comparing Gen alpha/“smartphone generation” to other generations, largely because definitions of computer literacy and methods for assessing it have not remained stable on that time scale in the face of evolving technology
“please provide evidence that people who are abstracted from their operating system have less knowledge of how an operating system works”
There ya go. I summarized your post for you.
