The EU's Digital Identity Wallet project has a lot of big icks. Looking at the GitHub for the android Age Verification application feels like chewing rocks. image Like the proprietary attestation baked into a must-use form of identification is absolutely the wrong path... image And while we're at it, recall the rule of thumb: Age Verification either by deliberate or convenient naïveté is almost always a surveillance trojan horse. Source:
GitHub
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Proton #VPN signups spike1,400% as the UK Online Safety Act rolls out. Proton says spike is sustained & higher than when France blocked adult content. image Source: https://archive.ph/i2d9W
Tea enforced ID & selfie collection. And doxxed their own users. image In other news, the UK Online Safety Act is forcing websites to begin collecting IDs. This will end, predictably in fresh breaches. image And more harm to users.
Your honor, in my defense I was being extremely productive at the time of the crash. image
You read dystopian sci-fi as a warning. These companies found business plans.. image Just as there are war hawks that delight in hard talk about military action, there are surveillance-yearners... image For reasons I'll never fully understand the UK politicians aren't just surveillance-permissive. They delight in the idea. Pre-crime preventative detention coming soon... image
the Guardian
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