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Age verification mean end of anonymous account (nord.pub)
submitted 4 weeks ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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today I created a burner google account. these days google requires an Android phone in order to even create an account so I used an old phone to scan the QR code ( I am pretty sure this lets google grab all of the metadata of the mobile phone ). after about 1 hour creating the account. google's automated system disabled the account however I appealed and got the account back. before someone asks I need google because of where I live.

this made me wonder what if google mandates age verification? if there were age verification google would immediately notice that I am creating another account ( burner account ) which it won't like. burner account won't be created in the first place!

we already have too much surveillance and this makes it worse. my mobile number is already tied to my read government identity. I DO NOT want my online account to be tied to my read identify too! it is sad, it really is

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[–] 7 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I am pretty sure this lets google grab all of the metadata of the mobile phone

Android is a Google product. They have full control over it. They can "grab all the metadata of the mobile phone" (whatever that means) any time they like.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    yes, but in this case that metadata is now attached to the newly created burner account. and if you use your personal android device then google knows that it's your burner account.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

    Do you know what de-anonymization online can do?

    Exactly, de-anonymize you, based on your behaviour patterns collected over years and decades and any data they can lay their hands on. It doesn't matter if you switch accounts or phones or both every week or even type of device.

    If every one of your new accounts/devices is at the same place, is awake at the same time, uses the same apps, has the same typing rhythm, browses the same websites at the same time of day and logs in with the same accounts and sings the pokemon theme song in the shower every morning and walks in the park twice a day with dog barking and "good boi" sounds happening in closest proximity to the tracking device you carry in your pocket - they'll be pretty sure it's the same person.

    Wasn't there a scandal just last week about Samsung smart tv's recoding audio nonstop and sending it to their servers, even when they are "turned off"?

    And even if you are a hermit that cut off all their devices and access to the internet altogether, other peoples devices will collect data about you, enumerate you as a seperate entity from the device holder and keep collecting and patternmatching.

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