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Comment on System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks

thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

They want to require IDs which requires validation, which requires a central authority. Any websites you hit that require the check will request it from the OS which will need to verify with central authority. So they’ll know what websites your hitting.

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SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Yup, the REAL goal here is to get an ID associated with an IP address to remove your anonymity from the web.

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- Auth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Governments already have an ID associated with an IP. There is no ISP that im aware of that lets you register anonymously.
  
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  - SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Dynamic IPs, VPNs…
    
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    Auth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Dynamic IPs still have an ID associated. VPNs most can be subpoena for the true IP. Yes you can hide your IP but only a tiny fraction are doing that work and this law isnt going to affect them.
    
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- how_we_burned@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  Yup, the REAL goal here is to get an ID associated with an IP address to remove your anonymity from the web.
  
  Maybe I’m not technical enough but I believe there is some sort of fingerprint at the OS level that they can obtain that in turn they want to map to your identity, thus even if you’re using tor/vpns to mask your IP, you’re still identifiable.
  
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offspec@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
This is different than the legislation being pushed in CA then, sorry it’s hard to keep up with the global enshittification of everything

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