Twitter’s age verification in the EU literally needed ur ID or a picture of ur face really sounds like a privacy issue so I figured I could post this here. At the moment I’ve been using a vpn but since it’s literally the only reason why I use one I was curious if there was any other way to do so that would be free

  • steelplatedmech@piefed.caEnglish
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    6 days ago

    That seems weird to me because I’ve never used stuff like twitter or instagram to have a public facing profile to talk to friends.

    Stuff like discord or whatsapp made more sense for that which isn’t great either. But, the concept of using public profiles and public posts between people you actually know sketched me out. That’s something I’ve opted out of doing despite giving into stuff like discord.

    • claymorwan@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      6 days ago

      i mean my profile isn’t my straight up IRL, and the only ppl who knows me IRL and online are ppl I trust enough for that, I ain’t gonna show my online identity to an IRL I don’t trust enough. Cuz of where I used to live i took an habit of I making sure to separate my online and IRL identity

      • steelplatedmech@piefed.caEnglish
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        6 days ago

        I just feel it is more secure to keep it entirely to message apps when it comes to communicating with people you know.

        Think that’s why I’ve never seen social media like twitter as vital enough to go through the trouble of verifying.

        Figure Elon is the type of guy to read through everyones private messages too, so that’s another reason.