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Age checks could turn internet into an ID checkpoint and would kill anonymity, Proton CEO says (proton.me)
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Online threats to children are real, but the headlong pursuit of age verification that we’re seeing around the world is unacceptable in its approach and far too broad in scope — and we simply can’t afford to get this wrong.

To be clear, parents’ concerns are valid and sincere. Few people would argue that kids should have unfettered access to adult material, to self-harm how-tos, to social media platforms that manipulate them and expose them to abuse.

But it’s the very depth of those worries that is being cynically exploited. Age verification as is currently being proposed in country after country would mean the death of anonymity online.

And we know exactly who stands to gain: The same tech giants who built the privacy nightmare that the internet is today.

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[–] tinfoilhat@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 days ago (3 children)

How long before we get a Meshtastic style, decentralized internet?

[–] pixelapoc@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

While Meshtastic is great, I believe Reticulum has a more suitable approach for this: https://reticulum.network/

[–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I definitely agree. Meshtastic has its uses but being a wide area network replacement is not one of them. Reticulum seems to be the mesh we all want and the technology is here, we just need to organize to make it happen.

[–] a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What can I, as a regular guy, do to help make this happen?

[–] PerfectDark@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I know you mean a Meshtastic style internet in general. But this is too fascinating to not share. Meshtastic is amazing:

https://meshtastic.org/

[–] parzival@lemmy.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Meshcore has worked far better in my exp although there's been some controversy recently

[–] PerfectDark@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have to admit I am a fan from afar, I just enjoy keeping up with new devices and so on.

But I do love drama, so I'll go check that out now!

[–] parzival@lemmy.org 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah some guy named Andy used the brand to advertise ai made software

[–] a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Meshtastic does seem very cool

[–] gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Wifi HaLow is a bit closer to capable of early 00s internet speeds while reaching 1km, meshtastic and mescore reach 100x further and are good enough for text but not really capable of any media.

More people need to adopt both, here's hoping.