Online Safety Act: A well-intentioned disaster? | Professional Security Magazine
https://alecmuffett.com/article/115334
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #vpns
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Yeah, one of the consequences is that Matrix has changed their terms to exclude under 18s from signing up. I fully understand this policy change it just means under 18's can't sign up to join my local Linux user group chat for example, oddly they can join irc which is bridged, to me the point of also using Matrix is that Matrix is more appealing to under 18s and is more mobile friendly.
I am sure this is NOT the intention of the act, it is just a consequence.
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"The purpose of a system is what it does," or POSIWID (…), is a heuristic coined by Stafford Beer, a systems thinking principle suggesting that a system's true purpose is defined by its actual outcomes and behavior, not its stated goals or intentions. [It] highlights how actual system performance can reveal unintended or unacknowledged functions, offering a descriptive view that balances official explanations with observable results, especially when behavior is poorly understood.