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Age Verification is Now Mutating into General ID (www.freezenet.ca)
submitted 20 hours ago by Gnergy@piefed.europe.pub to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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Surveillance creep is once again striking in the age verification debate. This is happening at the FCC this time.

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[–] Pappabosley@lemmy.world 17 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

That's the phone you'll have to go back to using, to stop them identifying you. Their AI can't understand tech that old

[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 hours ago

It has a sim card and a mac address. You'll be tracked.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 18 hours ago

I'd rather die than use a membrane touch screen again.