Internet privacy, security, age restrictions, VPNs and backups

How have you reacted to internet restrictions

  • There is no internet restriction here, we have internet freedom

    Votes: 10 43.5%

  • There is internet restriction here, but not for any sites I want to use

    Votes: 5 21.7%

  • There is internet restriction here, and I am blocked from sites I want to use

    Votes: 4 17.4%

  • I have uploaded my personal data to the internet to access sites I use

    Votes: 2 8.7%

  • I use a free VPN

    Votes: 2 8.7%

  • I pay for a VPN

    Votes: 3 13.0%

  • I am confident I am handling IP6 safely

    Votes: 2 8.7%

  • I have gone decentralised ages ago

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I have gone decentralised recently

    Votes: 1 4.3%

  • I get my internet from radioactive monkeys, the bytes taste better

    Votes: 9 39.1%
  • Total voters
    23
Bestbank Tiger said:
Why would the data leak be an issue? I had to verify my identity to bet on sports from my phone and order beer online. I would have to do the same to order cape products or firearms/ammunition.
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The data leak would be an issue if they were to have to store images of government ID and/or face scans. In this day and age of deep fakes that could be easily enough to make an account with a financial organisation as well as possibly social engineering ones existing accounts.

I do not know what protections your online supply of gambling and beer have, but it is certainly a possibility that that could be a problem if they keep the data and get hacked. I try and minimise my attack surface for that sort of problem.
 
Samson said:
Bluesky has pulled out of Mississippi 'cos unlike the UK version, where they can farm out the problem to a third party personal data broker, they require Bluesky to collect and store sensitive information from all its users, in addition to the detailed tracking of minors.

This causes all sorts of problems, not least because of the potential for a data leak to be highly damaging to the individuals involved.
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How does X handle this situation?
 
Birdjaguar said:
How does X handle this situation?
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I do not know anyone still one Xitter so I cannot say. I do know a few on fecesbook, and none of them have been asked for age verification which surprised me.
 
Samson said:
I do not know what protections your online supply of gambling and beer have, but it is certainly a possibility that that could be a problem if they keep the data and get hacked. I try and minimise my attack surface for that sort of problem.
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I'm not sure either. ID theft is a potential concern but I already locked my credit after last year's mass leak (and I don't need my SSN for beer). My online brokerage is the biggest risk in terms of personal data as they have the most information on me. I'm not worried about a leak showing what's in my portfolio though.
 
Samson said:
I do not know anyone still one Xitter so I cannot say. I do know a few on fecesbook, and none of them have been asked for age verification which surprised me.
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I never had Twitter. I joined X to troll Bama football when they didn't make the playoffs. X sucks. There are too many accounts that just post the same meme 2-3 times a week long past the point of being funny, and the content I would actually want to see (updates from the Saints, Pels, and LSU) can be found elsewhere.
 
Birdjaguar said:
If it is I am not aware of it. Who is doing it?
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Not specifically the coded username part, but using a third party provider for age/ID verification. It has the benefit of not directly revealing your credentials to the site you're actually trying to join, with the drawback of giving them to the certification provider and giving them the ability to track the sites you join. I'm sure it's a money maker.
 
Manfred Belheim said:
Not specifically the coded username part, but using a third party provider for age/ID verification. It has the benefit of not directly revealing your credentials to the site you're actually trying to join, with the drawback of giving them to the certification provider and giving them the ability to track the sites you join. I'm sure it's a money maker.
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Correct.

So the third party source would give you a token which you could then present to an age restricted site. They wouldn't necessarily need to know what site you're using.

The pro is if they have a leak, the hackers know only that you received a token. The con would be that simply obtaining a token could potentially be a bad look.

Being verified directly by the restricted site is better if you're gambling or buying booze since who cares if that gets leaked?

Third party verification is better if you're accessing X rated since it can't be directly linked to your activity without a second link. With the caveat that Draft Kings or Juul might do their own verification which would attach a stigma to third parties. Kind of like Only Fans, by allowing adult content, became associated with adult content and deterred G rated producers from participating.
 
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