themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoEU age verification app announced to protect children onlinewww.dw.comexternal-linkmessage-square211linkfedilinkarrow-up1447arrow-down114cross-posted to: stupidpol@sh.itjust.worksDeclineIntoCensorship@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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minus-squarerozodru@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agobut whose the “central authority” that you have to provide your ID to? and what happens when that central authority inevitably gets hacked?
minus-squareHumanius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·3 months agoThat central authority would, from my understanding, be your government. They already have your information, so if they get hacked you are already screwed ;)
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoBut they could easily keep track of all the tokens they issued to you, and match them with services you use. This has never been about protecting the kids. This is about mass surveillance.
but whose the “central authority” that you have to provide your ID to? and what happens when that central authority inevitably gets hacked?
That central authority would, from my understanding, be your government. They already have your information, so if they get hacked you are already screwed ;)
But they could easily keep track of all the tokens they issued to you, and match them with services you use.
This has never been about protecting the kids. This is about mass surveillance.