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Proton CEO warns global age verification push will mean "the death of anonymity online"
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this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2026
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I’m glad someone else sees it. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills every day lately. People don’t give a single shit, will minimize the danger and do anything they can to give up their rights, time and time again.
A few of us see it, sadly too few to matter.
People in the privacy communities have known this for a while.
But because it's slightly technical at minimum, and nuanced, and about something not immediately tied directly to people's financial interest, the average person will never ever know, understand, or care about this.
Whats wrong with you?! Why aren't you thinking of the children??!
already been accused/harassed on here of being pro-pedo for not being pro age-verification.
it's always the yahoo idiot opinions that gain political traction, and rarely the common sense ones.
it sounds like you should switch instances to one where this opinion (fact) is shared by most.
that's not how it works. most of my harassment comes from .ml and far left instances. .ml users are especially aggressive and ignorant and eager to call you names. basically pro-authoritarian leftists.
i'm on .world. it's the most moderate instance in my experience. db0 and blahj are also instances from which i get a lot of harassment.
sadly lemmy doesn't let you block instances, only users or communities. so my user block list is like 500+ now.
Are you kidding? Instance blocking is almost necessary for surviving on Lemmy. Use a different client. Jesus bro, ya gotta block.
lemmy is a client. piefed is the only one i know that lets you block all users from an instance.
I use connect and it blocks instances. I don't see any posts from the instance and if I come across a comment from a user it'll show as blocked but I can tap to see it if I want to
why lie about a group that is strongly anti-age-verification attacking you for being anti-age-verification and off endorsements from another group that is strongly pro-age-verification supporting you for your anti-age-verification opinions?
lemmy.ml isn't a unified group. it's individual people who think all sorts of crazy shit, that is often downright contradictory.
the only stance your instance takes is being pro marixist leninist. that has nothing to do with age-verification. if anything it's pro-authoritarian bent would most likely have it align with mechanisms mass state control of individuals .
they're unified when it comes to age verification.
you're projecting. you may believe that, but that doesn't make it true for other people, on any instance.
Like most general purpose instances, I suppose.
When I made my account, no other instances existed and federation had not yet been implemented. I'm not hostile to Marxism-Leninism or the admins of this instance, but I'm not exactly a vocal advocate either. (Haven't done the requisite reading, I suppose.)