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4. I think it's like age verification. A monstrosity to do "properly"
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 02:25 PM
Jun 2025

In that case, it deprives people of their privacy(1)(2)and "adult" material, which might actually be useful/medical information and not just porn, and in the case of medicaid, I'll bet a buck that the massive difficulty in work verification costs millions. Maybe more than is "saved" by denying benefits to, as they say, "welfare bums", a codeword for Black Americans, but poverty cuts across all lines.



(1) https://malware.guide/news/eff-warns-online-age-verification-poses-privacy-risks-for-all-users/

(2) https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/03/age-verification-mandates-would-undermine-anonymity-online

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