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This is for porn sites not nipples though?
Probably for replying to wrong comment.
The internet is full of coomers and this community is no exception.
Everytime some news comes out that kids are being protected from accessing porn websites or social media (soft porn), this community goes into a frenzy. Like clockwork.
It's not the goal itself that's the issue. Protecting kids from harmful content until they're ready to deal with it is absolutely a worthwhile endeavour.
But the means to that end often pose a massive security and privacy issue.
You're supposed to give all your identifying details to some website and trust them, that they'll use it only for the legal purpose of verifying that identity and promptly deleting them, rather than selling them to criminals who now have everything they need for identity theft. Hell, just storing them is a risk because we all know how many companies (and people) treat IT security as an afterthought at best and a breach compromising the identification of thousands of people would be a fucking nightmare.
And what if your kid tries to circumvent it? Now their face is out there on some server, whether or not they succeed. Is that really better?
The argument is that the onus should be on parents to protect their children and help them find their way safely, rather than compromising everyone else with poorly thought-out and invasive policies.