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> There's nothing sinister going on here There absolutely is you're just not aware of it. This whole thing is meta financially backing right wing conservative
by esseph 5mo ago
> There's nothing sinister going on here
There absolutely is you're just not aware of it.
This whole thing is meta financially backing right wing conservative groups that want age verification because meta wants to avoid liability for the harms their platforms cause.
In addition, this is the beginning of the end of any sort of anonymity on the internet, which has disastrous consequences for politically minded individuals, minority populations, or targets of stalking. This is a privacy nightmare bring pushed through in the guise of "muh children".
- palata 5mo ago> There absolutely is you're just not aware of it. Can you show here that you understand how privacy-preserving age verification works? I mean the rest of your message really, really sounds like you don't. Don't get me wrong: I do agree that identity verification is bad. But it is not okay to say "I know of a system that is bad, and I don't know the nuances of how it could be implemented in a better way, so I will just assume that there is no better way".
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- esseph 5mo agoI trust client side verification to not leak data as much as I trust copilot to not leak data. Ripe for abuse.
- chadgpt3 5mo agoMeta already requires your ID to sign up so hasn't anonymity already ended?