PrimevalParadise
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I do multiple things on multiple platforms for fun. 26 year old genderfluid. He/They. Occasional 🔞
Governments around the world are rushing to pass “age verification” laws to protect kids online. Sounds noble, right? On paper, sure. But here's the catch: over 400 of the world's top cybersecurity and privacy experts just signed an open letter waving a massive red flag. Their message? These laws might actually be a gift to scammers and a nightmare for your privacy. Here's what's actually happening under the hood. To “verify” your age, these systems want your government ID, a facial scan, or your credit card info. That doesn't just sit somewhere safely — it creates a massive digital honeypot. And we've already seen what happens when these vaults get cracked. Remember the 2025 Discord breach? Seventy thousand IDs leaked. When you force millions of people to upload their most sensitive information to the cloud, it's not a matter of if that data gets stolen — it's when. Here's the part that really stings. The experts (the very same people who helped design the technologies behind age verification) say these systems are shockingly easy to bypass and are not ready for mass implementation. Between VPNs, AI-generated deepfakes, and “verified” accounts sold on the black market, determined kids will get through anyway. Meanwhile, regular adults get stuck in a loop of constant surveillance, and people without the “right” tech or official ID risk getting locked out of the Internet entirely. We’re all for keeping the web safe for children. But trading everyone’s fundamental privacy for “security theater” isn't the answer. Privacy shouldn't be the price of admission to the Internet. Want to see why the experts are so worried and how to keep your data off these lists? Check out our full breakdown of the report on the blog: adguard-vpn.com/en/blog/age-ve…
‼️ Google, Meta, Microsoft and Snap are pushing the EU to quickly revive 'Chat Control 1.0' — a now-expired exemption allowing indiscriminate mass scanning of user data for 'abuse material'. Digital rights experts claim tech firms are deliberately spreading fear to protect their profits and data access — and that mass surveillance won't save a single child. The exemption lapsed last week. The companies call this "irresponsible."
This isn't a normal deformity. This is the curse of cruelty.
German MEP Christine Anderson warns that under-16 social media bans are ultimately just a pretext to link everybody's online activity to a digital ID. "The EU wants to scan private messages sent from your phone. They say it's about illegal material online, but in practice it means scanning everything that people say." "It would inevitably require identifying every user through digital ID." "That is called surveillance. And putting one's own citizens under surveillance is the practice best known in totalitarian regimes."
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says free speech is a weapon of war, and censorship is necessary to protect free speech.
Birds, beavers and beetles among threatened species in England to benefit from £90m Ministers said the funding uplift will help to support the Government’s mission to reverse nature declines and meet legal targets standard.co.uk/news/environme…
We’ve been in Marjayoun - the mainly Christian town in south Lebanon - which has been told by Israeli military not to give sanctuary to their Muslim neighbours fleeing the surrounding villages being bombed by Israeli jets. Human rights gps call it ethnic cleansing. Israel claims it’s getting rid of Hezbollah militants endangering citizens across the border. Full report on Sky News YouTube and insta
Curtis Brown (@CWAgencyUK) has voiced concern about editors using ChatGPT to assess confidential manuscripts, as more literary agencies introduce clauses around Artificial Intelligence into contracts 👇
