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FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

Proton CEO warns global age verification push will mean "the death of anonymity online"

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Proton CEO warns global age verification push will mean "the death of anonymity online"

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FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago
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Protecting children online is crucial, but forcing every user to hand over their ID is a privacy nightmare waiting to happen, according to the head of the Swiss privacy firm

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45990864

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  • Godort@lemmy.ca
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    That is the end goal of this legislation, yes.

  • fox2263@lemmy.world
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    Aye shame he supported the people enacting it. Could’ve seen that coming a mile off really.

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      Surely the leopards would never eat MY face.

    • Kirca@lemmy.world
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      Who did he support?

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        https://xcancel.com/andyyen/status/1864436449942110660

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    That’s the point (the govs want)

    • LedgeDrop@lemmy.zip
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      …and Big Tech (there user tracking/profiling becomes much more valuable when there is a real name associated with it).

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    Freedom of internet is dependent to privacy. Countries’ fake concerns about children only pursue to kill privacy, so freedom. But nobody can take out internet. It’s not how things work here. At least this is what I hope.

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      The next step is ISP regulation. Once the ISPs are forced to enforce all of this crap, the free internet will well and truly be dead.

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        I’d be curious to see how they’re gonna sell that. Age verification wouldn’t really work there, since you can’t buy internet access as a minor.

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          They didn’t even have to sell THIS. They just DID it. Public opinion doesn’t matter anymore. Even if it did, this is WAY worse than the anti-Net Neutrality pushes in the past, which eventually won out anyway, and this is getting a FRACTION of the people mobilized against it.

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    Life was easier on Usenet.

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      There is still usenet

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        If you pay. It used to be free from your ISP. And it was one of the busiest places at that time.

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    So does he not know about Tor or the dark web ?

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      He does. He also understands that 99% of the world doesn’t, so it has no impact on his statement.

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