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Boosted by Kevin Karhan @kkarhan@jorts.horse
@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange · 5d ago
Age verification laws forcing platforms to restrict content access have been multiplying exponentially. The problem is, implementing such measures necessarily requires identifying every user accessing the content, one way or another. This is bad news for everyone. If these regulations continue to proliferate, this could lead to the end of pseudonymity online, and much worse. I wrote this article last year, but unfortunately this problem has only become worse, and it is sadly still very relevant. https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/06/age-verification-wants-your-face/ #Privacy #AgeVerification #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange · 6d ago
If you've ever wondered: How can they know so much about me? It's probably because of data brokers. You know those "data enrichment partners" they are mentioning as vaguely as possible in the privacy policies you didn't read? To learn more about data brokers, I highly recommend watching this excellent interview with @yaelwrites@mastodon.social by @privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Monbu9bh6nY #Privacy #DataBrokers #MassSurveillance
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Boosted by hypebot @hypebot@goingdark.social
@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange · Apr 12, 2026
When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: • Official identification of every adult using social media. • Deanonymization of every account, endangering groups that often rely on pseudonymity for safety, such as victims of domestic violence, victims of stalkers, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people. • Putting every adult at great danger of exploitation, fraud, and identity theft by forcing them to share their official ID with a for-profit third-party company with no incentive to protect it. Breaches have already happened. • Constructing a system of mass surveillance to attach every comment on social media to a legal identity. Effectively allowing authoritarian governments to silence their critics and opposition. • Potential for dystopian censorship and cutting off means of organization for groups of resistance to oppressive regime and organizations. • Endangering children online by putting a clear identification beacon over every child or family with children online. • Endangering the data of children who will inevitably try to pass as adults, and have their information collected by the third-party for-profit company. • Diminishing the value of official identification due to the inevitable data breaches, eventually pushing the system to require even more intrusive identification techniques, such as iris scans and fingerprints. • Installing a system of mass surveillance capable of attaching even more information to everyone's legal identity. With a potential to built list of people in certain groups, and scale-up state censorship and discrimination in unprecedented ways. • The list goes on and on. This isn't about protecting the children. It never was. Do not be duped by this excuse used to convince you to let go of your human rights. They are only trying to manipulate people lacking information. Stay informed on the issues related to Age Verification, and push back for your rights to privacy and democracy. The future depends on us. #AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism
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Boosted by hypebot @hypebot@goingdark.social
@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange · Apr 12, 2026
The horror of Age Verification is arriving in Canada 🚨🇨🇦 Contact your federal MP and the office of the Prime Minister this week to tell them you strongly oppose the privacy-destroying and inefficient measure. The time to push back is NOW: https://globalnews.ca/news/11797286/liberal-party-adopts-motion-social-media-ban-kids/ 'Prime Minister Mark Carney said last month that the idea “merits an open and considered debate in Canada,” although he does not have a settled view on it yet and said there were good points on both sides.' Share educational resources with them on the dangers of Age Verification: https://www.eff.org/age We do NOT want this nightmare in Canada. Fight back for your privacy rights! ✊🔒 #AgeVerification #Privacy #DigitalRights #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #Canada #CanPoli #CndPol
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@edri__dup_21347@eupolicy.social · Feb 24, 2026
1/2 🚨 Today, the European Parliament is holding a public hearing on "lawful access to data for law enforcement." This hearing will platform the Commission and Europol's relentless attack on end-to-end #encryption. We're heard this before: "lawful access" = encryption backdoors = #MassSurveillance ❌ ✊🏾 We need EU lawmakers to #KeepItSafeAndSecure #KISS 🔒 💌 Sign our petition and join us in urging our lawmakers to protect encryption and ban spyware: https://edri.org/take-action/our-campaigns/keep-it-safe-and-secure/
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@PensioNien@todon.nl · Feb 22, 2026
Age verification is not en never was about protecting children. It's about mass surveillance. "Once a user verifies their identity with Persona, the software performs 269 distinct verification checks and scours the internet and government sources for potential matches, such as by matching your face to politically exposed persons (PEPs), and generating risk and similarity scores for each individual. IP addresses, browser fingerprints, device fingerprints, government ID numbers, phone numbers, names, faces, and even selfie backgrounds are analyzed and retained for up to three years." https://www.therage.co/persona-age-verification/ #AgeVerification #MassSurveillance #Persona #Thiel #ChatControl #Discord
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@Em0nM4stodon__dup_1827@infosec.exchange · Feb 22, 2026
Age Verification isn't a technical problem to solve. If you think that, you're missing the point. It's a social problem used by authoritarian governments as an excuse for population control and censorship. It's a fundamental attack on free speech and democracy. It must not be accommodated. It must be stopped. #MassSurveillance #AgeVerification #Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights
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@Shredd_Tone@equestria.social · Feb 18, 2026
#palantir #nhs #uk #data #partition #datamining #masssurveillance #healthcare #publicservice #personaldata #scraping #datascraper #unite Dear friends, I just signed the petition "Stop Palantir taking over our public services!" and wanted to ask if you could add your name too. This campaign means a lot to me and the more support we can get behind it, the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-palantir-taking-over-our-public-services?share=d486bac1-7718-466b-9dd8-c9b0d06f5946&source=email&utm_campaign=blast145782&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=email Thank you! P.S. Can you also take a moment to share the petition with others? It's really easy – all you need to do is forward this email or share this link on Facebook or Twitter: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-palantir-taking-over-our-public-services?share=d486bac1-7718-466b-9dd8-c9b0d06f5946&source=email&utm_campaign=blast145782&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=email
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Boosted by Darby Lines @angry_drunk@union.place
@Em0nM4stodon__dup_1827@infosec.exchange · Feb 09, 2026
Each time a new privacy-invasive feature like facial scanning is implemented, if people in majority comply and accept to use it, it will soon become normality, and other options will be marginalized or even removed entirely. If each time a new privacy-invasive feature is implemented people opted to refuse it, it would soon be discontinued. Each individual opposition to privacy-invasive features matters. It is an act of self-protection but, perhaps even more importantly, it is also an act of protest. A protest against the normalization of mass surveillance and the loss of privacy rights. The fact that there are other cameras around doesn't mean that more cameras or additional scanning is not making things even worse. If we do not refuse, if we do not fight for our privacy rights, we will lose them all. #Privacy #MassSurveillance #AgeVerification #FacialRecognition #HumanRights #DigitalRights
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@Em0nM4stodon__dup_1827@infosec.exchange · Jan 31, 2026
Privacy Guides' Program Director @jonah@mastodon.neat.computer gave an amazing speech last night in our weekly livestream! It's a truly moving speech, and an incredibly important statement in our current troubled times. Fighting for privacy rights is a battle for human rights. Nobody lives in a vacuum. We must build our communities to fight collectively 💛✊ Please watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ5_4Li9Gsc #USpol #HumanRights #Privacy #ICEout #ICE #MassSurveillance #Minnesota #StandWithMinnesota
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