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You can refuse to provide official ID or biometric data for social media accounts requiring age verification.
Actually, I bet if everyone did refuse, and let their account dormant for a couple of weeks, you would suddenly see American Big Tech transforming into the fiercest defender of your privacy rights, using their powerful network of lobbyists to fight these invasive government regulations.
They need you more than you need them.
Force them to work for your rights.
Do not comply.
Social media sites using biometric ID will absolutely be shared with state border services as evidence to deny entry or brutal detention.
@Em0nM4stodon Yes, boycott any corporation or platform that violates any of your rights. The power of American consumer is vast, but not used enough currently.
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I created LinkedIN account 3 weeks back. Tried to login today and BAM! give us your ID card.
There is no law in India as far as I know to provide ID card. This is so tiresome.
@Em0nM4stodon this is why I like the identity validation system on infosec.exchange, proof of cat is sufficient to appease most of the admins.
@Em0nM4stodon Discord - which isn't required to do this under Australian law - has just started demanding Govt ID etc. the same Discord which just leaked 68000 users ID documents, thus proving they are not to be trusted with anything. It is a dystopian nightmare of censorship, incompetence, and bad ideas
@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange Directly relevant to the shopping sites and gaming accounts I use. Straight up just refuse to fill in anything unnecessary, like gender.
My shopping sites keep reminding me to fill in the gender info, and I am like nah, who's holding the (debit) cards here?
@Em0nM4stodon I've long thought we need some sort of external union like structure to coordinate boycotts and strikes on social networks, so you sign up to the Facebook union and if a strike is called you stop using it. I don't use anything meta but my boycott isn't very effective.
@BenjaminKlein That would be brilliant.
Good thing the Fediverse doesn't do that shit
@Em0nM4stodon Got an email saying someone had sent me a message on LinkedIn. Not been on there in years. They now want my passport ID. They can get tea’ shit.
@Em0nM4stodon "but my friends are there"
get more, better friends
@codinghorror @Em0nM4stodon YouTube just told my YouTube account that it's a child—which excuses you from the "personalized" ads, so I guess that account will never grow up
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