'We decided not to limit VPNs': UK government U-turns on age-gating privacy tools

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• Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  To the uninformed, doing this makes their unprecedented invasion of user privacy seem like a level-headed compromise.

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  • atro_city@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Ask for the arm, take the shoulder, placate the voters, ask for the arm, take the biceps, placate the voters, repeat.

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  • crispbacon99@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Also They must’ve just realized they were giving big tech companies easy access to even politicians private data because they only care about themselves. Buncha buffoons in charge

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• maam@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  “We realized it was bad for business.”

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• eleijeep@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  “We decided not to limit the tide’s encroachment upon the shores” - King Cnut

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• FishFace@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I’m sure that’ll last for at least thirty seconds

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