Comment on Well THAT fucking sucks! 🤬

pewpew@feddit.it ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As if they don’t already know everyones age by now from our collected data.

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  • pewpew@feddit.it ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They actually sent me an email one time that basically said: “We’ve changed some settings for you since yoi don’t look 18+”

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  • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As if any of us are actually anyone ;D

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  • unfinish_d@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, it’s definitely a good idea to make absolutely sure they have your confirmed identity. Some people actually care about privacy.

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• gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You don’t have to do that, just make a blank account with fake info and out a fake birthday

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  • pewpew@feddit.it ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Maybe it’s a regional thing, they wanted some way to verify that I was really 18+. And Google requires a phone number if you want to create a new account, but I did make a couple more before this was a thing.

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  • njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah but then you have to actually take the time to log in.

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• bighatchester@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Documents? I’ve never submitted any documents to login to any website before. Just give it a fake name with a made up birth date .

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  • gigachad@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Unfortunately Google requires a phone number, which is linked to my person verified by documents. So it’s not really private or anonymous. If you run a normal Android Google knows who you are anyway.

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    • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You can create an account on an Android phone that has no SIM or other accounts on it without being required to provide a phone number. Use an old wiped phone just for this.

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      • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        But then google has your imei, and can be linked to any other accounts created on that phone. And they could get your info by asking your carrier who has a number using that phone’s imei.

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      • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Not worth the effort.

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    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Btw, how did that get pushed simultanously in all those countries? Isn’t anonymous communication a basic right? Did UKUSA pull some strings after the twin towers?

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• Azzu@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I gave them my documents with everything except the age blocked out with a black bar. It worked.

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