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The internet hasn't been a safe haven since the 80s, or maybe earlier (that was before my time, and it's never been one since I got online in the early 90s). T
by bpt3 11mo ago
The internet hasn't been a safe haven since the 80s, or maybe earlier (that was before my time, and it's never been one since I got online in the early 90s).
The only real solution is to implement some sort of identity management system, but that has so many issues that make it a non-starter.
- lotsofpulp 11mo ago> The only real solution is to implement some sort of identity management system, but that has so many issues that make it a non-starter. Apple and Alphabet seem positioned to easily enable it. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/11/apple-introduces-digital-id-a-new-way-to-create-and-present-an-id-in-apple-wallet/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/11/apple-introduces-digi...
- JSR_FDED 11mo agoI don’t get it. That link refers to Apple letting you put your passport and drivers license info in the wallet on your phone.
- Astronaut3315 11mo agoApple’s Wallet app presents this feature as being for “age and identity verification in apps, online and in person”.
- pixl97 11mo agoAlphabet the company that bans people for opaque reasons with no recourse, good idea. Maybe tech should not be in charge of digital identification
- lotsofpulp 11mo agoThe governments like it that way. They want banks and tech companies to be intermediaries that are more difficult to hold accountable, because they can just say “we didn’t feel like doing business with this person”.
- bpt3 11mo agoThey certainly could in theory, but it's hard to think of any company I'd trust to do it. These two certainly aren't on the list.
- lotsofpulp 11mo agoThey don’t need you to trust them, just the governments and majority of the market.
- cosmicgadget 11mo agoWas it a safe haven or was it less safe but simply an unprofitable target?
- bpt3 11mo agoAt some point, everyone on the internet knew everyone else in person or by reputation. Once that was gone, it was no longer a safe space, if it even was before then.
- unreal37 11mo agoGiven that the World Wide Web was invented in 1989... are you saying that the Internet was safer when only FTP and Usenet existed?
- bpt3 11mo agoI'm saying that those weren't a safe haven either. The internet has been full of rogue actors and soft targets since shortly after its inception. It may have had a small enough user base to be considered a safe haven for a brief period, but it was before my time.