Comment on New York Bill Would Force Age ID Checks at the Device Level
just2look@lemmy.zip 16 hours agoWell to build a universal ID system, we would have to give everyone a unique digital ID that is then associated with their device. So even if it’s claimed it would only be used to verify age where required, its trivial to then use that unique ID to track other device activity and tie it to your real identity.
There has already been examples of law enforcement using cellphone tower data, commercial ad IDs, social media posts, and anything else they can get to track and locate people without warrants or legal justification. So this would just be another way to tie digital activity to your real identity.
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 hours ago
I see. Thank you. I guess I’m my head I’m trying to relate this to showing id for alcohol in a liquor store but there just is no comparison. This shit is going to suck.
just2look@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
Yeah, it would be like having a giant version of your ID projected over your head all the time. And someone following you around recording everywhere you go and everything you do.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
Would be some next level stuff where governments would be able to track and shut down protest attempts before it even happened. And identify those who have expressed critical views of their government and disappear them. And disappear people who bring up people being disappeared.
Until eventually just the thought of speaking freely in such a manner is killed off completely on the Internet.