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Nah, we definitely need identity and age verification, if for no other reason than it strips tech companies and data brokers of plausible deniability. They alre
by forgetfreeman 2mo ago
Nah, we definitely need identity and age verification, if for no other reason than it strips tech companies and data brokers of plausible deniability. They already know who you are and by extension your age, this fight is very much about tech companies avoiding consequences.
- triceratops 2mo ago> we definitely need identity and age verification...it strips tech companies and data brokers of plausible deniability > this fight is very much about tech companies avoiding consequences. If I follow your logic, you seem to be saying: tech companies could easily not target kids if they wanted to, but they don't. That may be true, but I don't see why violating everyone's privacy is the only way to prove it.
- forgetfreeman 2mo agoAs Stated Elsewhere you have to have a thing before it can be violated. Given the comprehensive scope of digital surveillance performed by tech companies, you can't claim to have privacy online. And before you "but but the government" they can already subpoena your entire digital existence at will, assuming Palantir or some data broker hasn't already sold it to them. So yeah, may as well make life more difficult for the companies that make all of this possible, that would at least present a modest improvement on the status quo.
- shevy-java 2mo agoAbsolutely we do not. You just ASSUME anyone needs that other than the big mega-corporations dreaming up of identifying everyone at all times, without a warrant.