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Hackers Expose The Massive Surveillance Stack Hiding Inside Your “Age Verification” Check
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You now need to show ID to watch videos on vimeo.com. You send your ID to a corporation called persona
Looks like I won't be using Vimeo anymore.
they have been working their assess off for the last decade to achieve this self imposed ostracism
What country are you in? I literally just did this (US) in my browser and watched (started) 3 different videos with no account or age checks.
https://help.vimeo.com/hc/en-us/articles/38597306882193-About-age-verification-for-the-UK-and-the-EU
Looks like that's because its not rolled out here... YET
Persona is the corp the article is abt
Isn't persona the Palantir (AI powered genocide) affiliated company?
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