alt Hacker NewsSame people screaming 1984 have five authenticator apps installed on their fingerprinted tracking device and 2fa with their phone number, and have no idea what 'sensors off' does.
Palpable irony present when a chat provider whom requires personally identifiable information to use their service complains about privacy...
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Two-factor is one thing. They're mandating client-side scanning in every operating system. This was previously rejected for obvious privacy reasons.
There are already phones with an anti-nudity feature as a parental control option, but the key there is that it's optional. The major pivot with age verification is that all devices treat all users as a child until they identify themselves with a third party. This allows a rhetorical paradox that the controls are only for children, when they apply to adults too by default.
What's wrong with two-factor authentication? TOTP work without any network connection and only requires synchronized clocks to work. You could even do TOTP with pend and paper if you wanted (and were fast enough), no computer needed at all.
Personally, I only have authenticator apps because my job requires them. I don't see any contradiction in being opposed to things you're forced into.
> Same people screaming 1984 have five authenticator apps installed
"Yet you participate in society. Curious!"
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