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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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[–] 1 point 4 weeks ago

A person does not own a Google account. A Google account owns a person. This is the reason behind identity verification. They use that information to track and profile a person both online and in the real world. If it's more suspect to use privacy focused providers then I'd be concerned how that became normal. Google is both using that data and feeding it to whoever will pay for it (for example, your government). I've attended private Google product demos that have focused on these capabilities.

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