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If you think using Linux, encryption, vpns and Lemmy makes you anonymous to any states or data brokers that want to identify you then you are naive at best.
I have not surrendered my anonymity, I recognised and accepted that in order to have it, a lot of bad things become possible, and the damage it causes... It's just not worth.
That's an entirely different subject though, my point remains. You are not anonymous to governments or data brokers. This bill won't decrease your level of privacy, it will only make it more difficult for children to access social media, which currently is plagued with all sorts of harmful content. This bill is a net positive.
Believe what you want.
But don't point your finger toward people that do their best to maximize their privacy.
Your illusion of privacy shouldn't prevent an attempt to stop children being radicalised and accessing extreme content.. it is having a profound impact on society. First generation ever recorded to be more right winged from the get go? Fuck that... Do you not see the type of country this will be in 20 years time if we don't prevent kids accessing state level propaganda?
You fell for the trap of thinking that you can only protect childrens by accepting to sacrifice privacy.
My post was clearly pushing for doing both :
Proving anonymously that you are an adult without giving your identity.
Again I have to repeat I'm not against preventing childrens from accessing social networks.
Where we disagree is that you think you have to give up on some privacy to achieve that goal. I don't.
Now let's agree that we disagree and I will let you give your faceid to shady businesses and see them leak two weeks later.