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

• Auth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Dynamic IPs, VPNs…

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    • Auth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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      • ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        But the IDs are reused, they can really only track you while you’re using the internet.

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• how_we_burned@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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