The Age-Verification Trap — Verifying user’s ages undermines everyone’s data protection

Social media is going the way of alcohol, gambling, and other social sins: Societies are deciding it’s no longer kid stuff. Lawmakers point to compulsive use, exposure to harmful content, and mounting concerns about adolescent mental health. So, many propose to set a minimum age, usually 13 or 16.

🕵️ https://spectrum.ieee.org/age-verification

#ageverification #socialmedia #security #trap #dataprotection #privacy #youth

The Age-Verification Trap — Verifying user’s ages undermines everyone’s data protection

Social media is going the way of alcohol, gambling, and other social sins: Societies are deciding it’s no longer kid stuff. Lawmakers point to compulsive use, exposure to harmful content, and mounting concerns about adolescent mental health. So, many propose to set a minimum age, usually 13 or 16.

🕵️ https://spectrum.ieee.org/age-verification

#ageverification #socialmedia #security #trap #dataprotection #privacy #youth

Washington pushes back against EU’s bid for tech autonomy https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-bid-for-tech-autonomy-washington-us-pushes-back/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CybersecurityandDataProtection #Certificationandstandards #Criticalinfrastructure #Digitalsinglemarket #InternetofThings #Networksecurity #CyberEspionage #Dataprotection #Infrastructure #Cybersecurity #Intelligence #Supplychains #Investment #Resilience #Technology #Technology #Companies #Data

Glad I never pursued my LinkedIn verification badge. It didn’t feel right to submit a copy of an ID document to begin with. #privacy #DataProtection #DataPrivacy #GDPR #cloudact

https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/

Tor Browser 16.0a3 alpha now available, with Firefox security updates, Tor 0.4.9.5, NoScript 13.5.12 🛡️

Updates disable online suggestions, adjust adult content flags vs fingerprinting, extend WASM blocking to workers, add UTC timestamps to logs 🔧

Alpha for testing only - stable advised for at-risk users ⚠️

@torproject

🔗 https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-160a3/

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #Browser #Anonymity #DataProtection #FOSS #Linux #Infosec #Encryption #Tor #Browser #Mozilla

Actually, I have an awful lot to hide.

Not because I am a criminal or a tax-evading billionaire, but because I'm a human being.

I am more than just a data mine. I refuse to be reduced to a source of digital commodities. I refuse to be valued at anyone's ad-revenue.

I have a right to decide what others should know about me. And I have a right to know what they will do with what they know.

That's why I have a lot to hide. Not because I must, but because I want to.
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#privacy #DataProtection

Glad I never pursued my LinkedIn verification badge. It didn’t feel right to submit a copy of an ID document to begin with. #privacy #DataProtection #DataPrivacy #GDPR #cloudact

https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/

Tor Browser 16.0a3 alpha now available, with Firefox security updates, Tor 0.4.9.5, NoScript 13.5.12 🛡️

Updates disable online suggestions, adjust adult content flags vs fingerprinting, extend WASM blocking to workers, add UTC timestamps to logs 🔧

Alpha for testing only - stable advised for at-risk users ⚠️

@torproject

🔗 https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-160a3/

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #Browser #Anonymity #DataProtection #FOSS #Linux #Infosec #Encryption #Tor #Browser #Mozilla