• TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Politicians: That’s the point.

    Joking aside, now that I think about it, what difference does does it make if companies are stealing infos and spying on you with government mandated age verification checks, and hackers stealing your government mandated age verification info? This just reinforces my view that governments (and companies) are nothing but glorified gangsters.

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      9 hours ago

      A hacker stealing your id can do way more malicious stuff like more expertly crafted phishing and identity fraud just to name two.

      No one involved in this from the government to the companies is innocent in this chain though in my opinion. A breach is always bound to happen.

    • Brkdncr@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      Option 3: companies that you pay to provide authentication service. Regulated so that they clearly tell you if they are subsidizing service outside of your payments.

      We nearly already do this with certificate services and they would probably be in a good position to offer an id service.