ยซ#Proton CEO warns global #ageVerification push will mean "the death of anonymity #online"
Protecting children #online is crucial, but forcing every user to hand over their ID is a privacy #nightmare waiting to happen, according to the head of the #Swiss #privacy firmยป
It's never about #childProtection that's just an argument to convince people to voluntarily hand over their #personalData. In today's #Internet, people are the product and the #web is their #market.
๐ https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/proton-ceo-warns-global-age-verification-push-will-mean-the-death-of-anonymity-online
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