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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by neom on Monday January 29, 2024 @04:51PM (#39183204)
It would be neat if some authority like the passport office or social security office also provided a virtual ID that includes the features OP described and allowed specific individual attributes to be shared or not shared, revoked any time, much like when you authenticate a 3rd party app to gmail or etc.
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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by smeej on Monday January 29, 2024 @08:22PM (#39185223)
Putting on my conspiracy hat for a minute: They don't want to make it easy for you to authenticate anonymously. They obtain their surveillance data from the companies that tie you, individually, to your data. They'd be shooting themselves in the feet.
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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by shuntress on Monday January 29, 2024 @06:02PM (#39183977)
These are the things that the post office should be handling.
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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by plorg on Monday January 29, 2024 @09:06PM (#39185558)
Yeah, hell no.
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