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The real problem for privacy is that governments are increasingly outsourcing the verification of identity and bot protection to private companies.
by spwa4 6mo ago
The real problem for privacy is that governments are increasingly outsourcing the verification of identity and bot protection to private companies.
- carlosjobim 6mo agoOutsourcing? Governments have never been involved in bot protection or online identity verification for anything else than their own websites. It's like saying that the government has outsourced burger making to McDonalds.
- red_admiral 6mo agoEstonia is the exception here, not sure about the other Baltics. Switzerland is trying. The UK is trying to try.
- spwa4 6mo agoI do mean for their own websites.
- carlosjobim 6mo agoThanks, now I understand your comment.
- aboardRat4 6mo agoLiveJournal allows verification with Russian State ID "gosuslugi".
- aboardRat4 6mo agoAnd what do you expect instead? To get a Russian gosuslugi ID, you also need to bind your phone and ID number. And of course their database is leaked in real time.