371 security/ privacy academics, including a Turing Award winner, just issued a letter saying age verification laws are building global surveillance infrastructure. Every search, message, and article read would require ID verification. Democrats are working w/ Republicans to push these laws through
Security Researchers Warn Age Verification Laws Are Building a Global Surveillance System
The people who spent their careers building the security systems governments want to exploit for age verification have finally had enough.
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