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Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK (www.techradar.com)

submitted 1 year ago by QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean, fuck it. At this point we might as well put our passport numbers in the HTTP headers.

Coming to a pop up near you. If they even bother to ask any more.

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[–] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I think there are going to be a whole lot of phishing and blackmail scams in the future, preying on the stupid computer illiterate masses putting in their personal information into fake "age verifiers" to access porn or other adult content.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

It's a good thing it's so easy to tell them from the "trustworthy" ones...

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