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Online age verification isn't the same as a quick ID flash: it's surveillance. These systems collect your data and undermine your ability to anonymously access and discuss sensitive topics online.
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Online age verification isn't the same as a quick ID flash: it's surveillance. These systems collect your data and undermine your ability to anonymously access and discuss sensitive topics online.
The rampant data sharing fueled by online tracking has serious consequences. Privacy Badger blocks online tracking to prevent your browsing data from being used against you.
#Ageverification must not become mandatory. In general, the effect and implementation of age verification are still unclear, and the risks outweigh the benefits. There is no law worldwide that enforces mandatory AV for messengers.
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"Any workplace surveillance should have strict limitations on its use," EFF’s @npub1en7l...l4yw told Business Insider. That might include not using the technology outside the workplace or beyond work hours.
Online age verification isn't like showing ID at a bar. It's more invasive, affects far more transactions, and poses serious privacy, security, and free speech risks that in-person checks never do.