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Comment by metadat

3 days ago

Maybe you don't have kids of your own. Once you have 2 or 3, it is quite challenging to manage everything, especially over time.

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blindriver  3 days ago

Especially if they are older, like 8+ years old. They are resourceful, sneaky and relentless.

  • cgriswald  3 days ago

    Which is exactly why all people everywhere giving up their privacy will also be ineffective.

    Drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, pornography were all illegal for me to access as a kid but I wouldn’t have had any trouble getting any of it.

    • blindriver  3 days ago

      over 10 years ago, I had an intern from Harvard CS tell me that privacy is irrelevant unless you're doing something that you want to hide. I was gobsmacked that someone would not cherish their privacy but since then I've realized many don't care at all and have the same attitude that "I don't have anything to hide."

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  • aleph_minus_one  3 days ago

    > They are resourceful, sneaky and relentless.

    ... and honest:

    - they will honestly tell you that they'd be very happy to see you dead when you impose restrictions upon them (people who are older will of course possibly get into legal trouble for such a statement)

    - they will tell they they wish you'd never have given birth to them (or aborted them)

    - they will tell you that since they never wanted to be born, they owe you nothing

    - ...