Decentralized social network Mastodon says it cannot comply with age verification laws, like in Mississippi and elsewhere, and says it's up to individual server owners to decide.
How do you think a third entity would identify you?
You may want to join us reading along in the privacy communities of the fediverse.
But long story shortened - third parties are very much identifying each of us in staggeringly novel and effective ways.
For example, depending on circumstances, third parties may not be sure which room in my home I am sitting in, right now, while being aware that I’m writing this. This shit has gotten deeply weird and invasive.
That’s the reason I wrote what I wrote. everyone only knows what they need to know. How do you think a third entity would identify you?
You may want to join us reading along in the privacy communities of the fediverse.
But long story shortened - third parties are very much identifying each of us in staggeringly novel and effective ways.
For example, depending on circumstances, third parties may not be sure which room in my home I am sitting in, right now, while being aware that I’m writing this. This shit has gotten deeply weird and invasive.
I’m not talking about fingerprinting.