I'm sorry for being out of the loop, my dear fedizens, but: I'm in the EU, not in the UK, then why are some websites asking me for age verification?! #Privacy #AgeVerification #EU #UK #Surveillance
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I'm sorry for being out of the loop, my dear fedizens, but: I'm in the EU, not in the UK, then why are some websites asking me for age verification?!
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@cairobraga because this will be, at some point, in all EU?
Els grans negocis diuen que no volen lidiar amb més casos concrets, així que ho fan per tot. Jo encara no m'ho he trobat, però.
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@cibersheep but the UK is not part of the EU, it's been 5 years already, this makes absolutely no sense. and AFAIK nothing similar has been approved and implemented in the EU yet, even though I know there are similar initiatives being discussed in both the EU Commission and the EU Parliament.
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@cairobraga yes, yes. I'm aware. I agree with you, I'm not even remotely in favor of this measures, no even in the UK. We know how well it goes with private corporations holding data.
And with the UK - EU «visa» that they pretend to hold our data for around 15 years (for a permit of 2), and camera surveillance spreading everywhere (during lockdown, here government spread hidden cameras for «security reasons».
I sound like a paranoid now, just because I see a general movement of supercontrol
