Forget it, that map compares apples and oranges.
Like France is “must verify age to watch porn” and Finland is “must go through aporoved service and be age verified to do bets”.
You could add colors to see where each country stands on the path of full surveillance, bu t each of these is a foot in the door. From there, it will only expand, because “Look! We’re already doing it for [porn|gambling|whatever] and lo one took the street. This is just a small step further.”
Article sucks - the “interactive map” link just takes you to an ad to buy proton
Here’s the actual map
https://proton.me/age-verification
Damn, that’s a lot more than I thought 😞
Forget it, that map compares apples and oranges. Like France is “must verify age to watch porn” and Finland is “must go through aporoved service and be age verified to do bets”.
You could add colors to see where each country stands on the path of full surveillance, bu t each of these is a foot in the door. From there, it will only expand, because “Look! We’re already doing it for [porn|gambling|whatever] and lo one took the street. This is just a small step further.”
It took me to an interactive map. I saw no ad.
This is the link I get embedded / attached to (what’s the right term ?) the pic in the article
https://go.getproton.me/aff_c?offer_id=26&aff_id=1046&source=trd&aff_click_id=trd-us-2876360505714747280&url=https%3A%2F%2Fproton.me%2Fage-verification%3FvisitorId%3Dho-{transaction_id}%26aid%3D{affiliate_id}%26offer_id%3D{offer_id}%26utm_campaign%3Dww-all-2a-mail-gro_aff-tune%26utm_medium%3Dlink%26utm_source%3Daid-tune-{affiliate_id}%26utm_content%3D{offer_id}%26offer%3Dplus-professional-visionary%26url_id%3D{offer_url_id}&aff_sub2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techradar.com
Which then resolves out to / drops you at
https://protonvpn.com/l/special-partner-offer-summerdeal
Well they did warn you:
But thanks for saving the rest of us from it