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Enjoy owning your devices while you still can. (uk.pcmag.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.wtf/post/49143200

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/71629767

This is unacceptable. And I’m sick of all the fucking workarounds to maintain basic privacy.

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[-] myrmidex@belgae.social 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I frankly can’t believe the UK half-assed this stuff and went “whatever, let private providers use whatever voodoo they can come up with to make age verification happen”.

Do you not have corruption in Finland?

Belgium's user verification app was built by a consortium of local banks and ISPs, most of which have politicians or ex-politicians on their boards.

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