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[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

And they’ve been systematically shutting down anonymous email services.

Load up Brave with a tor connection, and try to sign up for anonymous email. When they can’t track you reliably, even the “anonymous” services require a confirmation email or phone number.

[-] TotalCourage007@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago

Man I don't want a future where we doxx ourselves to just be on a PC. Its insane that parents think real ID for gaming is a good idea. Linux might be the only way to escape any of this in the near future.

[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

They pretend it’s to protect us from illegal activity, but it’s really to protect them from whistleblowers.

[-] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

That's not entirely true. The push for KYC came because spam started going crazy. You have no clue how bad spam is right now. And believe me, you don't know. Take the worst case scenario you can think of, and multiply that by 100, and that starts to describe the state of spam emails for the past decade.

[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Did they suddenly put a stop to email spam, and no one told me? My spam folder says otherwise, but I can confirm the hit to privacy.

Maybe combating spam was just the excuse?

[-] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

My spam email gets like 10 a day instead of 900+ a day, significant improvements.

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