Autism Capital ๐งฉ@AutismCapital
Discord announced yesterday that theyโre delaying their mandatory ID verification until they can find โbetter solutions and more reliable partners.โ This may seem like a win, but itโs merely a delay.
There is something bigger going on here.
Right now individual apps and websites are being mandated to require forced ID verification by government entities. As weโve mentioned before this is under the guise of national security and child protection, but it is actually for the purpose of mass surveillance and mass censorship, especially as we are heading into both turbulent and unknown economic future.
Itโs worth stressing the economic portion. As the dollar loses its dominance, as AI upends our entire way of life, weโre headed into a chaotic unknown. And within chaotic unknowns opportunities for shifts and power become available. Itโs like the Game of Thrones quote, โchaos is a ladder.โ
In order to maintain some control and prevent power shifts, the current powers want complete control over information flow, and the ability to modify it.
Thatโs where ID verification comes in. It allows you to be able to be deplatformed, dehumaned, bullied, threatened, and in some cases killed, if you challenge the power structures.
So right now the current governments are experimenting with ID verification at the app/website layer, like Discord, but thatโs not the end game.
That type of verification is very easily gameable. You can get around it. Whether you use a VPN, or a fake face, or whatever, itโs possible to skirt it.
Thatโs why app layer verification isnโt the end stage. The next stage is verification at the OS level. This means that the OS has your full identity and everything you do within that OS is tracked. This means they donโt need to worry about app layer verification, youโre already tracked.
Now even THIS is possible to be gamed with things like GrapheneOS, which means that even THIS isnโt the final goal.
Level beyond this is verification at the ISP level. This means it doesnโt even matter what OS you use, to access the internet PERIOD you will need to fully identify. No GrapheneOS nor Tor will save you.
Now, why does all of this matter? Who cares if you have nothing to hide, right?
Wrong.
What may be safe to say today, may not be safe tomorrow. You donโt know who youโll be in the future. You donโt know who you piss off in the future. You donโt know what you donโt know. The right to privacy is inherent for humans. Itโs what allows people to speak freely and feel safe. Itโs the vital blood of society.
When we lose this, nobody will speak. Your voice will be silenced permanently. Nobody will want to take the risk and in extreme cases die.
Itโs worth restating that weโre headed into a completely unknown economic future. Things are going to get very strange. And when people get scared, they try to control. You want to have privacy in this type of world.
So if the app layer, the OS layer, and the Internet itself, are all compromised, what is left?
And thatโs the real question. Maybe itโs time to leave the Internet? Maybe the new Internet is offline.
Something to consider.
