KYC Mandates and Digital IDs: Are Age Verification Checks Just Cover for Social Credit Scoring?
Legislation concerning age verification tools is viewed by many as a direct pathway to mandated Know Your Customer (KYC) data harvesting. Key technical fears center on the requirement for third-party cloud storage and continuous telemetry data from desktop applications, according to 'Zephorah'.
Opinion is split on how to fight this data grab. Some users, like 'mctoasterson', insist vigorous public education is mandatory to stop legislation pushed by a bipartisan coalition. Others dismiss this effort entirely, with 'Zephorah' warning that 'ignorance will rule' regardless of public awareness. The alleged motives are deep, ranging from simply tracking adult status to a specific concern raised by 'Ensign_Crab' regarding the identification of minors for monitoring.
The clear consensus is that the official narrative of 'online safety' is a smokescreen. The prevailing view is that these checks are designed to build infrastructure for permanent Digital ID and potential social credit scoring, making dissent traceable.
Key Points
Age verification laws are a pretext for surveillance.
Commenters argue the 'Child safety' premise is merely a cover for a surveillance industry profiting from mandatory data collection (douglasg14b).
The end goal is digital identification and social credit.
Multiple users warn the system aims for full KYC, enabling a mechanism to penalize non-conformity (ThatGuyNamedZeus).
Public education is the only defense.
'mctoasterson' claims detailed public explanation is necessary to block the bipartisan push for these laws.
Public resistance efforts are futile.
'Zephorah' asserts that public awareness is irrelevant because disinformation dictates outcomes.
Data collection escalates systematically.
'fubarx' points to a pattern: benign initial collection (email/phone) quickly escalates to mandatory document scans (driver's license).
Source Discussions (3)
This report was synthesized from the following Lemmy discussions, ranked by community score.