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Re:I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online... by shevy-java on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @02:08PM (#47237185)
> I do use an ad blocker, and never click on ads. I feel like that action has a bigger return on investment than no clicking the cookie banner.

Right, but this is not solely about cookies or blocking ads. You also leave behind data which helps create a profile. AI is mass-creating profiles of everyone. Not everyone will have the same pattern, but information space is finite and they get more and more data about you over time. You may think this is not relevant for your use cases, but can you make this as prediction in the future?

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Re:I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online... by XorNot on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @04:38PM (#47239415)
The future of myself and my son does not depend on nor benefit from my anonymity.

I'm not a revolutionary taking up arms I'm a voter and a citizen in disagreement. Unless I am seen and counted, then being any of those things is worthless as well.

There is no value in hiding from the system while the system goes to hell and attacks everyone else.

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Re:I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online... by duskdozer on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @07:38AM (#47246612)
>I'm not a revolutionary taking up arms I'm a voter and a citizen in disagreement.

That's not up to you to decide. It's up to whomever is in power and has the ability to label you as such.

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Re:I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online... by gzread on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @08:05AM (#47246869)
See: all of the old ladies in the UK protesting Palestine being arrested for domestic terrorism.

See: US ICE telling people filming that they're domestic terrorists because they are filming.

See: the poem "first they came..." which happens every time

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