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Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🌧 Monday, November 18, 2024

I’m downloading pics from social media in preparation for that age verification bill to come into effect because I don’t want to give these companies my ID. I’ve put on there that people can send me their deets if I don’t have them. If they don’t do it by the time I know it’s going ahead I’ll drop an email address in their messages and leave. Then the ball is in their court.

And yeah people say it won’t happen but they’ve said that about a lot of stuff that did.

I wish I’d done that and deleted my profile before everything got scraped with no choice to opt out.

I’m looking into a VPN too. I should have sorted one years ago but you have to make sure it’s not shady.

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wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
My issue is trying to get other people that have posted photos of me to take it down. Currently working through this.

Fortunately there’s not too many but still enough to be annoying.

But yes government and corporate overreach scares me.

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- melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I figure that’s not really possible so the best I can do is just make a plan in case of losing access.
  
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indisin@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
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- melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I’m confused, you mean provide a false id?
  
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  - indisin@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
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    melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I don’t use them frequently either but it’s a social trap. If you leave those platforms people are so used to being there that not many bother to stay in contact via other channels.
    
    I have a few people who left or are such infrequent users we do email, but I’m about to find out what happens with the rest.
    
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