The mandatory verified-identity infrastructure being built into every layer of the internet. KYC, age verification, biometric checks, anti-anonymity legislation etc.
Curated by: xalicubed (33 videos)
Welcome back! Governments are expanding age verification across the internet, forcing people to scan their faces, upload identification, or hand sensitive data to third-party companies just to access ordinary websites. But there is one massive problem, that instead of making these systems unavoidable, the crackdown appears to be teaching more people how to avoid them. ‼️‼️ Research into the UK’s Online Safety Act found that VPN search interest surged around the age-verification deadline, while privacy-focused discussions grew after every major enforcement milestone. Govs are trying to normalize this... but the opposite is happening. 📌 Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:43 - The age-verification crackdown 2:15 - VPNs take over the app stores 4:06 - The 1800% surge 1:52 - What the new research found 3:18 - Why people stopped trusting age checks 5:35 - Governments call VPNs a loophole 6:15 - The next attack on privacy software 6:53 - Backfire 7:47 - Outro 📚 some cool sources: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.05273 - Nice research paper about privacy risks. https://www.tomshardware.com/software/vpn/eu-research-arm-labels-vpns-a-loophole-as-age-verification-laws-drive-record-adoption https://protonvpn.com/blog/news - Various articles document VPN usage spiking in different nations, interesting find. alt-titles: age verification accidentally created a VPN boom. the age verification crackdown just backfired. age verification just created its own resistance. --- 🎙 my gear (amazon associate): ► Microphone - https://amzn.to/4rKPtcE ► Mouse - https://amzn.to/4ubkQyJ ► Keyboard - https://amzn.to/4rP41rE ► Earbuds - https://amzn.to/4u9ARoX ► Main Monitor - https://amzn.to/4aQsqr1 ► Mousepad - https://amzn.to/40bl5w0 ► XLR Interface - https://amzn.to/4aRwVSc