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When No ID Means No Internet: Age Verification and the Right to Access Information (www.eff.org)
submitted 6 days ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Age verification proposals are often presented as a simple tradeoff: sacrifice a little privacy to better safeguard children online. But that framing overlooks a more fundamental question. What happens to people who cannot verify their age at all? This is particularly a problem when users are required to prove their age with identity documents.

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[–] MrGeneric@lemmy.today 4 points 5 days ago

The amount of internet “needed” these days is staggering, to have that attached to a comment you made 20 years ago drunk online is terrifying.

Bank accounts, trading platforms, medical insurance, rent payments, car insurance, locks, restaurants, job applications, grocery shopping, gas stations everything is online and requires registration now.