The goal isn't child protection but surveillance and profits for kyc companies.
replyThere's an even easier one: When you buy a phone, the salesman checks your ID and sets the phone to child lock mode or unlocked mode.
replyPhones should have no locks unless the user installs them and holds the keys.
replyWhy?
replyBecause if we don't have the keys to the machine, then we don't actually own our computers. If we don't own our computers, then we have no freedom.
replyBecause everything the word "hacker" ever stood for will be destroyed if this nonsense gets normalized. The day governments get to decide what software "your" computer can run is the day it's all over.