Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
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Somewhere in a government building in the UK: We did it, Patrick...
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Somewhere in a government building in the UK: We did it, Patrick...
Headlines like this really need to put the emphasis on the cause, e.g. "UK Government Forces Bluesky to Roll Out Age Verification"
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Somewhere in a government building in the UK: We did it, Patrick...
If they did this here, I'd just stop using bluesky. I'm 41. But I have no interest in verifying ages online. We've all seen how poorly companies handle intetnal security.
Just yesterday McDonalds had their entire database of applications compromised because someone tried the password 123456.
Bluesky would be dropped instantly.
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Somewhere in a government building in the UK: We did it, Patrick...
Canadian Senate Bill S-209 aims to do the same in Canada. These idiots really want our data so bad.
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If they did this here, I'd just stop using bluesky. I'm 41. But I have no interest in verifying ages online. We've all seen how poorly companies handle intetnal security.
Just yesterday McDonalds had their entire database of applications compromised because someone tried the password 123456.
Bluesky would be dropped instantly.
This isn't about age verification. It's about getting your ID and tying your (probably illegal but yet to be proven) online activity to it. Much like the firewall of China.
All wrapped up nicely in the disguise of "age verification"
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This isn't about age verification. It's about getting your ID and tying your (probably illegal but yet to be proven) online activity to it. Much like the firewall of China.
All wrapped up nicely in the disguise of "age verification"
If it works the way they claim it is indeed very private.
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Somewhere in a government building in the UK: We did it, Patrick...
I haven't even verified my email with Blue. This would be more than a deal breaker.
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Somewhere in a government building in the UK: We did it, Patrick...
"why has our userbase in the uk cratered but our userbase in germany skyrocketed?" - some bluesky dev looking at google analytics
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Canadian Senate Bill S-209 aims to do the same in Canada. These idiots really want our data so bad.
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Somewhere in a government building in the UK: We did it, Patrick...
Where’s that federation?
And how would this fit in? Are they just going to build a bunch of excuses into the platform, and then claim it’s now impossible?
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If it works the way they claim it is indeed very private.
It doesn't.
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Somewhere in a government building in the UK: We did it, Patrick...
Pretty concerning that a "western democracy" is doing this, because it gives cover for the next one and the next one.
It's easy to say "oh I'll just stop using such and such a service" but what happens when there are no more legal services to switch to?
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It doesn't.
According to whom?
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Somewhere in a government building in the UK: We did it, Patrick...
This pisses me off, governments mandating control. Would this affect Lemmy or any fediverse software one day?
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Same in Australia. From memory the law has already passed, it’s just got a delay on it to give companies a chance to implement it.
I'm looking forward to having a good excuse to delete most of my accounts and move entirely to decentralised platforms.