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The European Union is drawing a line in the sand on age verification, and VPNs are squarely in its sights. Officials are now describing the tools as a loophole that needs closing, framing privacy software used by millions as an obstacle to protecting minors online. The tension between child safety and digital privacy has rarely felt sharper.
On the developer front, a post titled I Will Never Use AI to Code is making quiet rounds on Hacker News, picking up early traction. The author pushes back against the tide of AI-assisted development, arguing that outsourcing code to machines erodes genuine understanding. It's a minority view right now, but it's clearly striking a nerve with readers who share the concern.
And for those thinking about long-term data security, a new open-source project called LUKSbox is aiming to make encrypted storage vaults more durable and maintainable over time. Built around the Linux LUKS encryption standard, it targets a real and underappreciated problem: that encrypted data today may become inaccessible tomorrow if the tooling around it quietly disappears.
Three very different stories, one common thread — who controls what, and for how long. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
