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Age Verification is a Privacy Nightmare...
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created: 2025-08-15T20:00:00Z
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- jordan
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Age verification laws and propositions forcing platforms to restrict content accessed by children and teens have been multiplying in recent years. The problem is, implementing such measures necessarily requires identifying each user accessing this content, one way or another. This is bad news for your privacy.
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