sleepundertheleaves

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China’s government has announced that people will require IDs to go on the internet. For now this is voluntary, but there are signs it will not remain that way for long. in c/privacy@lemmy.ca
[–] sleepundertheleaves@infosec.pub 10 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Or, in this case, "their authoritarian surveillance state" versus "our common sense age verification to protect our children".

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The Dangers of Consolidating All Government Information | Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org)
Russia to Roll Out Digital Ruble in 2026, Enabling Full Control Over Citizens’ Spending in c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] sleepundertheleaves@infosec.pub 2 points 2 days ago

Cash money. In use for more than four thousand years and still the best financial technology out there.

Russia to Roll Out Digital Ruble in 2026, Enabling Full Control Over Citizens’ Spending in c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] sleepundertheleaves@infosec.pub 2 points 2 days ago

At least Russians can use cryptocurrency for private digital transactions oh wait no it's illegal to buy things with crypto in Russia.

One-third of top U.S. cyber force has left since Trump took office in c/cybersecurity@infosec.pub
Twitter launches 'XChat' encrypted DMs with big caveats • The Register in c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works