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The loss of all anonymity and privacy on the internet is much worse than this generation's version of the "won't someone think of the children" scare. It's wild
by add-sub-mul-div 9mo ago
The loss of all anonymity and privacy on the internet is much worse than this generation's version of the "won't someone think of the children" scare. It's wild how many people are eating this up.
- spockz 9mo agoThe one (teenage verification for specific services such as social media) does not require the other (require uploading ids to every site on the internet). For one, the scope is limited and secondly, there must be different schemes possible.
- Gud 9mo agoI’m not suggesting “upload an id”. I’m suggesting ban all these brain slugs outright. Make META a criminal organization. Put Zuckerberg behind bars.
- raw_anon_1111 9mo agoYes we should give the government more power and put up “The Great American Firewall” so Americans can’t use any foreign Facebook like companies.
- add-sub-mul-div 9mo agoI didn't respond to the suggestion of absolute prohibition because it's too ridiculous a concept to take seriously.
- vjekm 9mo agoIt's the only reasonable thing to do; the status quo is what's ridiculous.
- ikety 9mo agoWhat if there is simply nothing that can be done? I don't mean to sound defeatist, but what if there are some things that truly are like pandora's box. We can't put the lid back on. All we can do is educated people on how to use the tools correctly
- jplusequalt 9mo ago>All we can do is educated people on how to use the tools correctly This lives in opposition to the people who own the websites/apps goals. So it won't happen.
- johnnyanmac 9mo agoI'd love to arrest billionaires, but can we at least suggest some specific and resonable goals forst? Baby steps. Eat the rich is a good mantra and banner, but not an action plan. Here in America we have at most 3 years of this left and at median 1 year (with a huge nebulous cloud based on the reaction to trying to seize power). There's a lot we can do to build up to the ultimate mantra.
- pluralmonad 9mo agoWhile we're architecting the lives of millions of strangers what other reasonable things would you personally like to disallow?
- donkeybeer 9mo agoYour personal blog fucktrump.com is social media. I tipped the government about it so it can be correctly blocked and you punished with jail.
- Dylan16807 9mo agoSo you chose to respond to something they didn't say instead? Weird tack.
- donkeybeer 9mo agoDo you disagree with the first amendment? That's fine, just get it repealed first.
- int_19h 9mo agoIf I host a personal server with a Facebook-like app for myself and a few friends, at which point do I go behind bars in your brave new world?
- vagrantstreet 9mo agoLouis Rossmann had a vid about this and it's much more than jut anonimity, it's about protecting yourself from being exploited by algorithms. Can go as far as influencing your political voting, or who knows what else. Does tiktok have good intentions keeping your hooked all day on end?
- jmye 9mo ago> "won't someone think of the children" scare Pretending that's what the anti-social media stance is, is hilariously dishonest. Anyone pretending there is any anonymity and privacy to protect on the internet, right now, has their head in the sand, especially if they use social media.
- dyauspitr 9mo agoWho cares? What exactly is lost. Personally I’m not going to give them my ID, I’m just going to stop using those parts of the internet.