If ANY mod site can't take advantage to establish themselves when Nexus is stabbing themselves in the gut like this, then that's more on the mod community.
There is no need for this because PARENTAL CONTROLS EXIST. We should be fining parents that can't easily apply use locks and site restrictions to their kids devices.
I dunno, if my son can't figure out a way around a porn blocker he's probably not my son.
When I was younger I didn't have an issue with teens looking at porn, but when I was a teenager porn was like "i saw some bewbs" (vs watching some chick get gangbanged until she's ragdolling). The rise of sites like pornhub and the youtube-esque interface is extremely destructive.
Of course age/identity-verification is going to be abused, not yet sure what I'm going to do with my son other than (more or less) imparting the "NEVER GOON" wisdom.
[Edit: AI generated coomer shit is also going to become a huge problem]
Parents too dumb or uncaring to install controls = kids getting easy access to stuff they shouldn't but also not learning basic IT.
They install basic controls: could stop them most times, they learn to be more computer savy at least
Advanced controls: they might either get even better with computers or go to a friend with less interested parents.
As for AI porn, your best bet is instill a fantasy/reality distinction in him so he KNOWS one is fantasy, the other is fiction. That'll save him A LOT of trouble growing up.
Unless you can go full Amish over it and not touch it whatsoever, being able to distinguish it's not real is the BEST counter to it controlling your life.
You monitor your children the best you can, but all children desire to rebel. It is better to impart the wisdom to them such that they can make better decisions on their own.
I already screen everything he watches, but at a certain point you have to let them fly on their own, hopefully armed with the tools to deal with life.
There is no need for this because PARENTAL CONTROLS EXIST.
To be honest, every year, it's becoming more and more impossible for parents to control anything.
Phone access? They are everywhere, and old / bad ones can be bought for cheap because most people only want the latest version and throw / sell their old ones.
Internet access? Yeah you can restrict your router, but internet is accessible almost everywhere now, school, universities, airports, libraries, or even the neighbor's unprotected WiFi. What's stopping a kid from using internet somewhere else, without the parent ever knowing about it?
Internet history? Again, if the kid is using something like a smartphone and 5G, or someone else's internet, it won't pass through your router, so you have no idea what site they got in.
Parental codes? They were always very easy to crack. An attentive children will easily spot which numbers the parent presses, or brute force it while the parent is busy somewhere else.
I'm not excusing the parents doing a poor job, but I know that if I were a father myself, I would have a LOT of troubles keeping the restrictions up and actually efficient (and that's coming from a computer guy / programmer).
Yeah, I think it's almost impossible to stop kids from getting where you don't want them as a parent. Even if you never give them a phone, if they go to public school they will use their friends' unlocked phones. I can guarantee not every kid in school has a dumbphone or a locked-down phone.
No it won't. This won't be any more effective than the DMCA was at stamping out piracy. Porn sites will get scraped, bundled, and torrented.
If the goal is to reduce the profits that porn makes, it will have some impact. If the goal is to actually block underage exposure? Not a chance in hell it works.
And pretending it will work just turns it into an anti-anonymity arms race until you need a government-controlled camera watching you to open an IP connection and that still won't work.
Making it inconvenient is sometimes enough to at least mitigate most of the damage.
And a lot of places like libraries and universities have their own blocks in place. VPN's cost money. You can restrict data use on phone plans.
And while sure, they might be able to get some limited access from a friend's phone, they're not exactly going to be able to binge-watch through that kind of setup without it being really weird.
Making it "inconvenient" is far from enough though. You could argue the magazines era was pretty inconvenient (had to find someone able to get those, then find someplace to hide them everytime), that didn't stop many kids from trying.
Do you really trust schools and universities to have strong blockers, when you see the state of the modern education system? They generally have the worst IT support possible.
Some VPN are free, which is an even bigger danger, cause they are extremely questionable with terrible security (generally on purpose).
Phones can access WiFi and be used without data plans.
When I see some Redditors willing to travel just to give HRT and stuff to minors, I don't think granting access to porn is that far-fetched, especially when you consider how normalised it has become.
Yeah first off FUCK nexus. They know what they do. Secondly, not my call, but obscenity remains illegal in this country. And legal measures to prevent children from accessing adult content that is not obscene are allowed.
Of course, it's just the tools are there for parents to do it and I don't enjoy giving both faceless companies and governments permissions to deny me information they may deem inappropriate without ID as we KNOW it'll never be restricted to just porn.
If ANY mod site can't take advantage to establish themselves when Nexus is stabbing themselves in the gut like this, then that's more on the mod community.
There is no need for this because PARENTAL CONTROLS EXIST. We should be fining parents that can't easily apply use locks and site restrictions to their kids devices.
I dunno, if my son can't figure out a way around a porn blocker he's probably not my son.
When I was younger I didn't have an issue with teens looking at porn, but when I was a teenager porn was like "i saw some bewbs" (vs watching some chick get gangbanged until she's ragdolling). The rise of sites like pornhub and the youtube-esque interface is extremely destructive.
Of course age/identity-verification is going to be abused, not yet sure what I'm going to do with my son other than (more or less) imparting the "NEVER GOON" wisdom.
[Edit: AI generated coomer shit is also going to become a huge problem]
It's kinda a degenerate disease:
Parents too dumb or uncaring to install controls = kids getting easy access to stuff they shouldn't but also not learning basic IT.
They install basic controls: could stop them most times, they learn to be more computer savy at least
Advanced controls: they might either get even better with computers or go to a friend with less interested parents.
As for AI porn, your best bet is instill a fantasy/reality distinction in him so he KNOWS one is fantasy, the other is fiction. That'll save him A LOT of trouble growing up.
I meant this more as an existential threat. People are already going crazy with ChatGPT, imagine the societal checkout from "AI Girlfriend with lewd"
Unfortunately, same response applies.
Unless you can go full Amish over it and not touch it whatsoever, being able to distinguish it's not real is the BEST counter to it controlling your life.
If nothing else, installing parental controls is a great way to teach your kid sysadmin skills.
And now you’re an adult and see that porn probably isn’t a good idea to look at when you’re 10.
No you catch them.
You monitor your children the best you can, but all children desire to rebel. It is better to impart the wisdom to them such that they can make better decisions on their own.
I already screen everything he watches, but at a certain point you have to let them fly on their own, hopefully armed with the tools to deal with life.
Wow, it's almost as if the majority of the population shouldn't be on the internet because the lack the ability to do so responsibly.
Make the internet IQ gated again.
Sad my kids will miss out on the “opportunity” to watch a woman being banged by her dog. 😒
What kind of financial barriers exist on parental controls? Are they gated to YouTube Premium or something?
TL;DR: you have to pay for third party software that runs on your devices in order to gain access to actual website databases.
To be honest, every year, it's becoming more and more impossible for parents to control anything.
Phone access? They are everywhere, and old / bad ones can be bought for cheap because most people only want the latest version and throw / sell their old ones.
Internet access? Yeah you can restrict your router, but internet is accessible almost everywhere now, school, universities, airports, libraries, or even the neighbor's unprotected WiFi. What's stopping a kid from using internet somewhere else, without the parent ever knowing about it?
Internet history? Again, if the kid is using something like a smartphone and 5G, or someone else's internet, it won't pass through your router, so you have no idea what site they got in.
Parental codes? They were always very easy to crack. An attentive children will easily spot which numbers the parent presses, or brute force it while the parent is busy somewhere else.
I'm not excusing the parents doing a poor job, but I know that if I were a father myself, I would have a LOT of troubles keeping the restrictions up and actually efficient (and that's coming from a computer guy / programmer).
Yeah, I think it's almost impossible to stop kids from getting where you don't want them as a parent. Even if you never give them a phone, if they go to public school they will use their friends' unlocked phones. I can guarantee not every kid in school has a dumbphone or a locked-down phone.
Almost impossible. Except this system will. And people here are crying about it.
No it won't. This won't be any more effective than the DMCA was at stamping out piracy. Porn sites will get scraped, bundled, and torrented.
If the goal is to reduce the profits that porn makes, it will have some impact. If the goal is to actually block underage exposure? Not a chance in hell it works.
And pretending it will work just turns it into an anti-anonymity arms race until you need a government-controlled camera watching you to open an IP connection and that still won't work.
Making it inconvenient is sometimes enough to at least mitigate most of the damage.
And a lot of places like libraries and universities have their own blocks in place. VPN's cost money. You can restrict data use on phone plans.
And while sure, they might be able to get some limited access from a friend's phone, they're not exactly going to be able to binge-watch through that kind of setup without it being really weird.
Making it "inconvenient" is far from enough though. You could argue the magazines era was pretty inconvenient (had to find someone able to get those, then find someplace to hide them everytime), that didn't stop many kids from trying.
Do you really trust schools and universities to have strong blockers, when you see the state of the modern education system? They generally have the worst IT support possible.
Some VPN are free, which is an even bigger danger, cause they are extremely questionable with terrible security (generally on purpose).
Phones can access WiFi and be used without data plans.
When I see some Redditors willing to travel just to give HRT and stuff to minors, I don't think granting access to porn is that far-fetched, especially when you consider how normalised it has become.
Like how only major porn sites are blocked if at all, while there is nothing stoping kids from looking at pornographic art sites?
Ah yes, blame the parents. That’s worked so well for 30 years…
Yeah first off FUCK nexus. They know what they do. Secondly, not my call, but obscenity remains illegal in this country. And legal measures to prevent children from accessing adult content that is not obscene are allowed.
Of course, it's just the tools are there for parents to do it and I don't enjoy giving both faceless companies and governments permissions to deny me information they may deem inappropriate without ID as we KNOW it'll never be restricted to just porn.