Proof of the universality of the “safety activist crusades to undo demonstrable technical benefit to all because of fringe issue…” trope

…when the issues are better addressed through user education and both technology and user interface refinement.

It’s not just end to end encryption that suffers:

Inside the War Against Headlight Brightness | The Ringer

https://www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/tech/headlight-brightness-cars-accidents

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One response to “Proof of the universality of the “safety activist crusades to undo demonstrable technical benefit to all because of fringe issue…” trope”

  1. mark

    speaking of safety, if you’ve wondered what the porn industry’s current attitude with the online safety act is here a hint.

    https://www.xbiz.com/news/285726/pornhub-rejects-claim-it-plans-to-avoid-age-verification-in-uk
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/11/26/pornhub-dodge-age-verification-not-providing-pornography/
    https://www.xbiz.com/news/285774/asacp-urges-compliance-with-uk-online-safety-act
    pandora blake also did two whole article’s on there patreon (so i won’t copy paste them) but put simply they are terrified and they’ve asked all there producer friends and they have no idea what there supposed to do so pandora did a survey of what AV would be acceptable for consumer’s and ultimately what people wanted was one that preserved privacy.
    https://www.patreon.com/c/pandorablake/posts

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