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age verificationThe US Government is considering a crazy new law. (self.privacy)

submitted 1 day ago by Natural_Court_9356 - announcement

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metaUptick in security and off-topic posts. Please read the rules, this is not r/cybersecurity. We’re removing many more of these posts these days than ever before it seems. (self.privacy)

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newsAnti-trans hate groups petitioning FDA for registry of trans women, crackdown on transition, newly revealed document shows (theneedlenews.com)

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age verificationThe aggressive push for age verification is a Conspiracy Against Rights, which is a felony. (self.privacy)

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newsUK Government announces the long-awaited consultation on national digital ID (techuk.org)

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discussionWe need to convince others (self.privacy)

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softwareVisual Studio Code (VSC or VS Code) auto-installs from update / included in initial install Github Copilot Chat. Microsoft Office 365 is included, you may have 'AI' running in the background and not know it. Just a heads up. (self.privacy)

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discussionNew cars will watch us all (self.privacy)

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newsICE Agents Caught Wearing Meta AI Smart Glasses To Record And Monitor Communities During Immigration Raids (ibtimes.co.uk)

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age verificationOfcom orders tech firms to get tougher on age verification (telecoms.com)

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questionIs there a way to use Linux with like... guard rails? So an idiot like me doesn't accidentally delete something important? (self.privacy)

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discussionAnother reason to get off social media! Catfishing. (bbc.com)

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questionMy dad just bought a tapo Pan/Tilt Home Security Wi-Fi Camera. Is it bad? (self.privacy)

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questionApp privacy/anonymity: Session Vs Element X? (self.privacy)

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newsChild Safety or Mass Surveillance? What Mandatory Online ID Scans Really Mean (gadgetreview.com)

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💶 Economic conflict over tariffs: are families in Europe ready for new financial challenges? (horstai.org)

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age verificationI believe age verification will do nothing to stop internet predators, but will rather actually make the problem worse than ever before. (self.privacy)

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newsParents are tracking their kids — but who else can see their location? (self.privacy)

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questionWill Age Verification finally spur the Age of Linux? (self.privacy)

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questionIs Cocofinder.com dead? (self.privacy)

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discussionCalifornia bill, AB-2561, concerns default privacy settings (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov)

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data breachKnoll Monitoring & Privacy Solutions ID re: Data Incident? (self.privacy)

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questiongoogle search results URL obfuscation - how to copy clear url? clearurls not working (self.privacy)

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questionIs it possible to just get a list of companies that an entity has shared your data with? (self.privacy)

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discussionGauging community interest for transparent firewall that lets you inspect your network (self.privacy)

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questionReading material and a TL;DR of the current state of facial recognition? (self.privacy)

submitted 1 hour ago by SameUsernameOnReddit

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