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[–] dan69@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why wasn’t verification a thing 5 yrs ago or even 10 years ago? It sounds like some proprietary software is gonna infect open source ecosystem. It’s just sus how immensely imperative it has become

[–] tux@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Look at who sponsors and supported this crap. It was meta, google, Snapchat. People who make a ton of money selling targeted ads hoovering up and selling private data.

Seems legit /s