So techbros can seize control over the last strongholds of independence and anonymity on the net. Then we have no choice but to use it how they want or not at all. The immense power of computing and the internet ripped out of the hands of the public, sold access and restricted to corproate approved uses.
Comment on UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs
evol@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Why is the UK so pro censoring/age verification?
minorkeys@lemmy.world 1 day ago
DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 1 day ago
And Bezos even threatened to physically take your PC away from you.
Give up your PC and rent from our cloud.
minorkeys@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Like the psychopath he is.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 day ago
People seem to forget the Britain was the U.S. before the U.S. was the US. I think they had people fooled for awhile because they were part of the EU.
evol@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Yeah maybe your on to something
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 1 day ago
You’re*
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 1 day ago
Encroaching crypto-fascism. A perverse desire for control, because what’s power without control and what’s a politician without power?
evol@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Maybe im not well versed in European politics enough but I don’t see the same level appearing in other European or Anglo countries? Like even in the USA we have death squads now but I can still use a VPN… Age restrictions is usually due to religious voters
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 1 day ago
Read up on Chat Control.
evol@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Ah yeah forgot about that, surely the EU could never be corrupted
mjr@infosec.pub 1 day ago
On what grounds, and isn’t it just a pretext like here?
mjr@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Or sometimes it is a real desire to be seen as tough on crime without noticing that the people who want age-verification/identity-document-duplication include some of the biggest criminals.