The "papers please" internet is no longer a dystopian future—it's our present. Mandatory digital ID systems and age verification are transforming the internet into a surveillance tool, with features like the "Phone Home" mechanism notifying governments every time you use your ID. This isn't about protecting children; it's about controlling adults and centralizing vulnerable data.
#cybersecurity #digitalid #ageverification
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Congress is preparing to vote on the KIDS Act, a sweeping internet bill that would pressure websites and apps to determine users’ ages before allowing them to read websites, send private messages, or participate in online communities.
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https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-don-t-force-age-checks-online
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Capitalist definition of progress, perhaps ?!
Enshittification of the #internet #censorship happening at a mass scale in the guise of #digitalid and #ageverification 😐
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced an extension to a controversial deadline that required Mexican citizens and foreign residents to register their phone lines with their identification. The move comes after less than half of the country signed up to register their phone lines. At a Thursday morning press conference, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum and<a class="read-more-link" href="https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/biometric-curp-extension/"> Read More...</a>
Did anyone else notice that the hmrc web process for getting a tex refund in the UK now has extra "security" requirements including a pathway that requires a biometric face scan.
Just a few years ago all I needed to do was ring them up, confirm basic details over the phone, and they'd do the refund.
#uk #privacy #biometric #surveillance #hmrc #digitalid #idverification
6️⃣ Ditch Digital ID.
The UK government's will-they won't-they digital ID scheme is a solution in search of a problem.
What it will create is a digital surveillance infrastructure that'll expand into more and more areas of life and further marginalise people.
It needs to be ditched for good.
Find out more ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/say-no-to-digital-id/
#andyburnham #labour #digitalpolicy #digitalrights #starmer #ukpolitics #ukpol #digitalid
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