420
submitted 2 months ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
all 25 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago
[-] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 37 points 2 months ago

Agree but this does need to be explained to people who aren't in the know. These laws are currently being marketed as "put the power in parents hands" in various states left, right, and center.

Its a good bet when there seems to be widespread bipartisan push for restrictive laws that literally no one asked for, it's gonna be something bad. But you have to explain to mouthbreathers in the electorate why or this shit just gets rammed through.

[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 14 points 2 months ago

There’s no explaining it to the public at large in our forums. We already know. Unless people suddenly watch a couple trusted news sources en masse and those news sources choose to explain, ignorance will rule.

But then that’s the entire point of fracturing information like this. Fake news. Don’t trust science. That’s woke, don’t listen. Etc.

[-] osanna@lemmy.vg 31 points 2 months ago

i want the 90s internet back, when only nerds were on it. it was way better back then.

[-] WhoathereBub@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Some of those nerds are how we got to where we are today.

[-] Pollo_Jack@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

So you're saying forbid the rich from using the internet?

[-] Thesilverpig@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

I think we should just forbid being rich

[-] RoddyStiggs 3 points 2 months ago

Every time I say this I get downvoted to hell

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I'd like to see people rebuild something like that inside i2p or something similar. But with modern browser fingerprinting it's very hard not to be identifiable even there, unless you take precautions most people absolutely won't do.

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

the music, the clubs, the clothes, the food

[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 25 points 2 months ago

Loyal Moses has been on about this. Apparently the bills require third party cloud storage of the information in addition to an online requirement (for logging in???), and continuous telemetry to in use apps on the desktop environment.

[-] fubarx@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Was looking at a used car online. Found a site that had option to 'reserve' the car until paperwork was done. Started innocuously with email and phone info, to text updates. Fine. Then it asked to verify info, with scans of driver's license.

Persona.

Noped right out.

[-] ChristchurchAsshole@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 months ago

Sounds like a scam. My friend recently looked for cars online, saw one he thought was good. Had a weird description "only 70,000km on the odometre but air conditioning is broken" like how? Then my friend paid $300 for a "viewing" of the car and the scammer made off with the money. Needless to say my friend isn't very smart and never was! Imagine paying just to see something. This is sadly what mental illness does to a person. Not the first time my friend was scammed either.

[-] EatMyPixelDust 1 points 2 months ago

I had a friend that stupid. Had.

[-] ki9@lemmy.gf4.pw 16 points 2 months ago

Great article! Some writing cannot be accused of AI-generation... Because it's good.

[-] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago

Blog post by the people who found this: https://vmfunc.re/blog/persona

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

The Epstein class wants to reliably know who is (and therefore isn't) an adult on the internet.

[-] HexaBack 3 points 2 months ago

read part 2

[-] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Holy fuck I got about 10 minutes into this can someone do a tldr

[-] Gwyntale@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

No. Some things are important enough to fully read.

this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2026
420 points (100.0% liked)

Privacy

48854 readers
113 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Related communities

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS