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dead [he/him]@hexbear.net to Pop Culture@hexbear.netEnglish · 15 天前

FDA approves 'Juul2' e-cigarette with age verification phone app

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FDA approves 'Juul2' e-cigarette with age verification phone app

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dead [he/him]@hexbear.net to Pop Culture@hexbear.netEnglish · 15 天前
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Juul gets OK to sell updated vaping device with age-gating technology
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E-cigarette maker Juul Labs has received U.S. permission to sell an updated version of its vaping device. The new product was announced by federal regulators on Friday.

https://archive.is/moSBE (juul website)

https://archive.is/0tdTZ (fda gov)

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  • FourteenEyes [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    there will be an app to get around this shit on the app store immediately

    • dead [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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      Probably yes. The press statement on the Juul website says that the age verification feature is “optional”. Maybe it’s intended to be a parent safety feature so your kids don’t steal your Juul. I’m not sure.

      The Juul press statement also says that ‘Juul2’ is intended to be a low-nicotine device to help people quit cigarettes.

      • kittenzrulz123 [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.net
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        Yeah im sure it is

        • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.net
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          Quit cigarettes but please continue to use Juul2

          • Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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            Nicotine cancer plus microplastics plus micrometals permanently embedded in your covid survived lungs.

      • chgxvjh [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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        Philip Morris wants you to quit smoking

      • Soot [any]@hexbear.net
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        Why not just a fingerprint lock? We made functional, tiny versions of those decades ago. It would be seamless and probably more secure. Seems odd to prefer this over that if it’s just about stopping your kids.

        EDIT: Wait, an app can steal and sell your phone details, and force you to sign up while serving you ads, of course an app is preferable, never mind. I forgot the system we live in.

        • chgxvjh [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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          They are presenting that age verification in vapes is a viable technology so that regulators can ban their competition.

  • CocteauChameleons [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    Last time i remember seeing someone vaping a juul was when my buddy stole a bunch from a gas station 5 years ago

  • none [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    one of the major fears of the olds was that kids were posting on IG looking cool as fuck with their vape clouds, thereby encouraging others to vape in hopes that they too would look cool as fuck. so it sounds a reasonable regulatory intervention to require the use of an app that takes a picture of you. hopefully it can be integrated right into IG.

    • edge [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      There’s nothing reasonable about forced electronic/biometric age verification (which will ofc be used to track you). It’s dystopian shit.

      • chgxvjh [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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        I think none is doing a bit

  • Soot [any]@hexbear.net
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    I thought online-only singleplayer games was stupid, I’m not galaxy-brained enough to conceive of online-only vapes

  • microfiche [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Juul2: Electric Boogaloo

  • Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Another racket to get hacked.

  • git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Smoking has changed.

    ID-tagged people carry ID-tagged vapes, use ID-tagged phones. Microplastics inside their body degrade and regulate their abilities.

  • DasRav [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    Oh yea, as we all know, kids love following all the rules. The boundless energy of teenagers is no match for what a tired programmer told Claude to vibe code!

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