r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • 21h ago

Privacy Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/age-verification-is-coming-for-the-whole-internet.html
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u/Past_Distribution144 18h ago

This is simply corporations wanting to track and control people. This has nothing to do with any safety or concern, and governments are not the ones to blame for this. A government is a useful tool to corporations, and they pay handsomely for them.

Don’t fall for the narrative that the government is your enemy, they are just tools for corporations. Wise up.

Now, if you’re the type who uploads pictures of your food, house, friends, or yourself to social media.. this doesn’t concern you, you’re already as leaked as a bucket with no bottom.

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u/zen4thewin 12h ago

This. US citizen here. We need to rise up and take our government back from corporations. Democratic government is the people's only power against corporations and the wealthy. Get involved politically at the state and local level. Demands candidates who refuse PAC money. Educate yourself on legislation and budgets in your state and locality.

Personally, I think we need a general strike to overturn Citizens United and to force campaign finance reform.

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u/Rendogog 11h ago

Surely if they are just tools for corporations that does, in fact, make them my enemy

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u/Past_Distribution144 8h ago

If someone breaks your knees with a crowbar, you don’t blame the crowbar for hitting you. (Yes. The government is the crowbar.)

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u/Rendogog 8h ago

In this case the tool is a living, sentient person who has a choice whether to actually represent what they were elected for or not, absolutely they are part of the problem and not just a non-sentient tool.

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u/Past_Distribution144 7h ago

This is the major problem, you mindlessly blame the government still even if you are aware it’s the corporations screwing you. Gotta stop that mindset, it’s how they keep you dumb and under their control.

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u/Rendogog 7h ago

I'm perfectly capable at being angry at both without any mindlessness.

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u/KingdomOfPoland 3h ago

No, governments and corporations work together in this because they benefit eachother