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In reply to the discussion: New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages [View all]OldBaldy1701E
(11,292 posts)Until you lose your identity to the because it is so easily accessible.
You have no idea how lenient the internet has been in regards to operations without personal identification.
In short, there will be no internet, and no DU, if this is allowed.
Unless you want the DU member list to be perused by the Feds on a daily basis. And, their visits to find out what you meant with every single post. And, arrests for not being nice to the President and his cabinet. And, your identity being passed around on the internet with a bit of a quote that is taken out of context, but definitely came from your account. And, being fired by your employer because your accounts were hacked and since they know who you are, they just blame everything that the hacker does with your account on you, since they know who the account belongs to. And, being arrested as a pedo because you accidentally clicked on a picture that you were trying to scroll past and since they know exactly who you are, they decide you must be looking at CP and come for you. All because you have no expectation of privacy anywhere on the net, and the people who passed this shit will be constantly trying to arrest anyone who does not worship them, thanks to this new crap.
Is that okay with you?
Because, I have to say... I am not a fan. I know how much they get away with as things stand now. It will get 1000 times worse if they pass this.
Do you like getting salespeople calling you about stuff because your viewing habits are connected to your name and they used their algorithms to deduce that you must like this stuff and therefore need to be flooded with offers about it? That would just be the tip of the iceberg.