As you know, in some countries ID verification is being implemented on social media for 'children's safety'.How can we get around this? The only idea I have is using a Residential Proxy, but if system looks at the account's original creation location, this becomes invalid. Or, if there is an AI on the platform, it might understand which country we are in by scanning posts.What are your thoughts /g/?
I don't care because I don't use social media.
>>110072798But some of us do care.
>>110072957If you're using a platform, it's because you derive some value out of it. Following accounts, posting, scrolling content, whatever you're into. The platform provides those features to you, and it sets the rules on acceptable use. If those rules changed, you really have very few options because they have the final say on how people use their platform; you can try workarounds, but as you point out they make efforts to suss those out, and it's not a realistic way to approach your identity privacy online. You need to make a real decision on whether or not the value you gain using the platform outweighs the cost of providing ID to them. If the new policies cross the line for you, stop using the platform. It's really that simple and is the clearest way to signal your objections to the platform itself. Whether or not you can effectively signal your objections to the legislators that precipitated these changes is up for debate, but that's not really something we can help you with.
>>110072673technological solutions come to an end at some point, you gotta vote, get people to vote for you, or exercise your right to protest
>>110073049You're right... But there's a need for diversity. I like IBs (I'm not just talking about 4chan), but I can't spend time exclusively on IBs. After a certain point, it starts to get boring. >>110073055I wish it would work. I guess not enough to explain, /g/ is /g/, not /pol/
>>110073167If it's legislative then by definition the big platforms with lots of people you might want to use will enforce the ID stuff they're required to, as they are the ones with the most liability. But that's not to say there aren't any social media platforms you could use to fill the gap that don't have ID requirements. You can be social elsewhere, IBs are an example (I suppose it was a lie when I said I don't use social media), so are more traditional chat rooms and forums. They still exist, they just seem tiny in comparison to the absolutely titanic scale of modern social media. Do you really need that scale as a user, though? Or does it just paint a bigger target on their backs for ID laws while you get lost in algorithmic noise.Personally, "boring" is not a sufficient motivation to sell out my identity, so I'll just stay bored. We were plenty bored before mobile internet and social media became widespread. It's not the end of the world to not have a talking head yapping at you for a few minutes, and I think it would help a lot of people to be alone with their thoughts once in a while.
>>110074043I fully understand what you mean. And I hadn’t denied that in >>110073049 sorry if I was misunderstood>to sell out my identity, so I'll just stay bored.I guess I will do it same.I hope there is another way out...
