Damn. Who could possibly have seen this coming?

The author gives the situation benefit of the doubt that it does not deserve. It is not "mutating" or "creeping;" the ABSOLUTELY INTENTIONAL, ORIGINAL PURPOSE is simply now becoming more and more obvious, even to the people who desperately want to pretend it isn't happening.

Can I preorder my satellite linked shock collar?

Oh look, another attack on the freedom of speech that anonymity allows. Here's hoping "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." - John Gilmore

pretty soon we'll see an official spec for the header X-Current-User-Social-Security-Number

Unmasking itself.

It was never not this.

Who chose the stock image for this? I haven't seen that style of phone since I had an LG Vue back in 2009.

It always was going to do this.

Papers are back! As in, "Where are your papers?".

Of course it is

The cost of living in this world is simply resources paid into the arms race.

For me, I focus on what I want out of my tech services. Learn to build and learn to maintain. There will be ways to mask, spoof and anonymize.

And for sure, although it won't be today, there will be legislators who move against this trend. This is, and always has been, a matter of legislation. Separation from church and state is now separation of tech and state.

Whoa, so can we stop using our social security numbers for everything yet?

I emaoled my congresswoman about this. I told her not to support it and why; but more importantly, I told her that anyone with the technical acumen will simply not comply with this law.

That's the hidden cost of what orange Shitler has unleashed, the debasement of our public institutions. How powerful is a government that is ignored by its constituents?

always has been.jxl

How unexpected!

I am in the EU and after 2027 freedom of speech in big websites will be pretty much over. What measures can i take to protect myself from government censorship other than using decentralized websites like Lemmy?

not the part of shadowrun i wanted to become reality

Just go right for the cattle prod. Have them scan your mark.