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Hackers Expose The Massive Surveillance Stack Hiding Inside Your “Age Verification” Check
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i want the 90s internet back, when only nerds were on it. it was way better back then.
Some of those nerds are how we got to where we are today.
So you're saying forbid the rich from using the internet?
I think we should just forbid being rich
Every time I say this I get downvoted to hell
the music, the clubs, the clothes, the food
I'd like to see people rebuild something like that inside i2p or something similar. But with modern browser fingerprinting it's very hard not to be identifiable even there, unless you take precautions most people absolutely won't do.