2026-02-22 19:52 UTC
To exist online in 10 years, you're going to have to give a random company a face scan and photo ID and they're going to give that and everything you post to the government to spy on you for being queer, left-wing, "a criminal," or whatever. None of your data or communications will be private. The government and corporations will go through all of it.
If you don't want that to happen, you should raise a stink about "age verification" right now because that's what they're actually building.
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@bjornqc@mstdn.ca 2026-02-23 01:13
@gwynnion@mastodon.social I am not sure there will be “on-line” in 10 years. Maybe cave painting? If we are lucky, someone will be raising geese for the quills.
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@oldherl@comfy.social 2026-02-23 09:54
@gwynnion@mastodon.social Well, this is already the case since 10 years ago in China. From 2016, users for all online services in China must be registered with a mobile phone number, which must be connected to your real world ID. Sadly the world is following suit...