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[nydd]

enshitfication of the Internet

What strange and hilarious timing! I just came across this yesterday and then you mention this today. Enjoy.

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Forbrukerrådet made a 100 page PDF, "Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future", it is great (and funny). Check it

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This vid above was made to complement it.

I found this all this from

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, following some links lead me to the enshittication. It's about age verification for online users in the US and how it's a filthy Trojan horse made to endlessly steal freedoms. Very very bad stuff going on in the world right now. If you're in the US read this page and truly think about contacting legislators.

 

[Deleted member 225533]

What strange and hilarious timing! I just came across this yesterday and then you mention this today. Enjoy.

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Forbrukerrådet made a 100 page PDF, "Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future", it is great (and funny). Check it

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This vid above was made to complement it.

I found this all this from

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, following some links lead me to the enshittication. It's about age verification for online users in the US and how it's a filthy Trojan horse made to endlessly steal freedoms. Very very bad stuff going on in the world right now. If you're in the US read this page and truly think about contacting legislators.

Watched a video about this today.They really wanna put age verification right on your system dawg ;_; even Linux is being targeted. Crazy times and everyone needs to fight back. Really sad that it's all being done under the guise of 'child safety' so that no one will criticize anything.

 

[nydd]

done under the guise of 'child safety' so that no one will criticize anything.

Exactly! Shitty trojan horse. The video is really funny though. Let that soothe you~

 

[Ellwinde]

Ghost Stories. Very good and classy anime.

That one was pretty funny. I really should watch it again

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Watched a video about this today.They really wanna put age verification right on your system dawg ;_; even Linux is being targeted. Crazy times and everyone needs to fight back. Really sad that it's all being done under the guise of 'child safety' so that no one will criticize anything.

Nothing that is for 'child saftey' ever truly is. It's all just about control and data collection. people really need to mtodb

 

[mrjohndoelawlz]

Crazy times and everyone needs to fight back. Really sad that it's all being done under the guise of 'child safety' so that no one will criticize anything.

What's even worse is people that defend that kind of shit. I have a buddy of mine who I would walk through hell for but god damn if I had a nickel for every time I've heard them say something along the lines of "It shouldn't be a problem if you have nothing to hide".

 

[nydd]

Nothing that is for 'child saftey' ever truly is. It's all just about control and data collection.

Funny you say that. From

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, "03 Killing Privacy" ...

• Discord's age verification data was breached in 2025; real names, selfies, ID documents, home addresses, phone numbers, IP addresses and billing information all exposed.
• A separate app leaked 13,000 ID photos and 59,000 selfies from an unsecured database.
• An identity verification firm left login credentials exposed online for over a year.

 

[Deleted member 225533]

What's even worse is people that defend that kind of shit. I have a buddy of mine who I would walk through hell for but god damn if I had a nickel for every time I've heard them say something along the lines of "It shouldn't be a problem if you have nothing to hide".

That's the kind of mentality that I think most people have, even when you explain the risks, some people just don't really care. Until we start seeing some real negative consequences for regular people most people will feel that way.

 

[redfingers]

Like. Who wouldn't wanna fuck a 40 year old Jennifer Tilly?

Something about her voice has always pushed the right buttons.

 

[Jack Of Blades]

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[MRAnon86]

That's the kind of mentality that I think most people have, even when you explain the risks, some people just don't really care. Until we start seeing some real negative consequences for regular people most people will feel that way.

I think it is, unfortunately, that most people fit into one of 2 ways of thinking; Either the "I like the guise of safety and security even when it is pretty much fake" or the, "it doesn't affect me, so I don't care"

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[mrjohndoelawlz]

That's the kind of mentality that I think most people have, even when you explain the risks, some people just don't really care. Until we start seeing some real negative consequences for regular people most people will feel that way.

The sad state of affairs is that most people aren't concerned with online privacy, full stop. Said buddy of mine is more than happy to ask his Google home assistant thingy to turn on his lights. How many other people have something similar to that like Alexa, always listening to everything being said content with the megacorps' pinkie promise that it's totally not surveillance.

 

[Jack Of Blades]

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I think it is, unfortunately, that most people fit into one of 2 ways of thinking; Either the "I like the guise of safety and security even when it is pretty much fake" or the, "it doesn't affect me, so I don't care"

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still figuring it out

 

[Deleted member 225533]

The sad state of affairs is that most people aren't concerned with online privacy, full stop. Said buddy of mine is more than happy to ask his Google home assistant thingy to turn on his lights. How many other people have something similar to that like Alexa, always listening to everything being said content with the megacorps' pinkie promise that it's totally not surveillance.

My kingdom for voice activated light fixtures.

 

[MaxDongus]

The sad state of affairs is that most people aren't concerned with online privacy, full stop. Said buddy of mine is more than happy to ask his Google home assistant thingy to turn on his lights. How many other people have something similar to that like Alexa, always listening to everything being said content with the megacorps' pinkie promise that it's totally not surveillance.

What's really strange is when someone seems to get it, but then completely flips. "Damn, these smart home assistants are creepy. I don't want Google listening to everything I say." And then they'll buy one the next day.

 

[Jack Of Blades]

test done, fixed the error 153 on embedded videos, i also added more sites for video supported on the site, also attachment limit increased but Cloudflare limits us on the upload size apparently cause CF sucks ass.

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[Smogman]

There is always gonna be someone who disagrees with your lifestyle. Chances are it's someone working for a large corporation and wants to make someone have a bad day. Yea I agree, stay away from anything that ruins your privacy.

 

[Ellwinde]

Disagreeing with someone else's lifestyle or political views or really anything is perfectly fine. But trying to change it against their will is absolutely not. The only exception is if they are actively endangering themselves or others in what they're doing.

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There is always gonna be someone who disagrees with your lifestyle. Chances are it's someone working for a large corporation and wants to make someone have a bad day. Yea I agree, stay away from anything that ruins your privacy.

Disagreeing with someone else's lifestyle or political views or really anything is perfectly fine. But trying to change it against their will is absolutely not. The only exception is if they are actively endangering themselves or others in what they're doing.

dang, i thought i hit reply, guess i didn't

 

[Asdman]

There is always gonna be someone who disagrees with your lifestyle. Chances are it's someone working for a large corporation and wants to make someone have a bad day. Yea I agree, stay away from anything that ruins your privacy.

Just to throw in my highly inflated 2 cents.
Since forever ago there was always a trade off between security and convenience. And sadly the general public does not feel security, but they sure as heck feel inconvenience.
So even before the whole insert ID to use the Internet, people always threw away their privacy for convenience. Hence why security minded solutions are few niches of niches.

So yeah, adding age verification can be as dumb as the OS asking you to pinky promise that this is your DOB. Or something that would make Peter Thiel wet. Just depends on far they will take it.

 

[Ellwinde]

Just to throw in my highly inflated 2 cents.
Since forever ago there was always a trade off between security and convenience. And sadly the general public does not feel security, but they sure as heck feel inconvenience.
So even before the whole insert ID to use the Internet, people always threw away their privacy for convenience. Hence why security minded solutions are few niches of niches.

So yeah, adding age verification can be as dumb as the OS asking you to pinky promise that this is your DOB. Or something that would make Peter Thiel wet. Just depends on far they will take it.

If age verification is absolutely a necessity for accessing certain online spaces, there absolutely ways that it can be done anonymously. For example, you could bundle age verification tokens with already age restricted items at the store like cough syrup and alcohol. no possibility of a data leak like that.

 

[strika13]

My kingdom for voice activated light fixtures.

Voice activated blinds though