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"Know your customer" ... these are jobs on the internet, building the internet, for users on the internet. And because the internet is global.
by officialchicken 4y ago
"Know your customer" ... these are jobs on the internet, building the internet, for users on the internet. And because the internet is global.
- capableweb 4y ago> And because the internet is global Unfortunately, getting less and less true by the day. When I first used internet, it was truly global, anything someone else could access, I could as well. Nowadays, I'm finding more and more geoblocks everywhere. Sometimes I cannot access a website because apparently "a lot of internet criminals are also from the country you are accessing our website from, so you're collateral damage".
- officialchicken 4y agoThe geoblock is just an indicator that it's becoming more and more global, with more users. Who are the bad actors here? The "copyright lobby", the "scammers", or is it the vendors making and selling these draconian fencing tools?
- capableweb 4y agoBlocking someone because of their geographical location would mean (to me) that it's becoming "more localized", not "more global". Before I could access websites everywhere, now I cannot.