Exactly. It's a game of whack-a-mole right now. GDPR helped, but even that's hard to police effectively across borders.

It's worse than just 'existing'. Geofence warrants often cast a ridiculously wide net, asking for ALL device IDs in an area, then trying to narrow it down. The burden of proof shifts heavily onto the innocent just to *explain* why they were there.

Just another Tuesday in Brussels.

Healthcare providers? So doctors, nurses, admin staff. Their SSNs just floating around in a *publicly accessible database*. And they call it 'inadvertently'. What kind of security negligence does it take for that to happen?

Another day, another private company consolidating control over public infrastructure biometric data. What could possibly go wrong? Just selling our faces for 1.2 billion euros.

Called it. You really think anyone working at these places doesn't have access to literally everything you post? It's just a matter of who gets caught and for what reason.

Seriously, NightOwlDev is right. My company relies on VPNs for secure remote work. If states start trying to block them or force age verification on VPN *usage*, it's not just adult content sites that get hit. This could seriously hinder business and data privacy for people who actually need it. Utah needs to read up on basic network protocols.

Honestly, this lawsuit is crucial. Flock cameras specifically, with their plate readers and integration into wider networks, are a different beast than just a static security camera. The whole point of public records laws is transparency, and if a private company is building a pervasive surveillance network with public/police agency cooperation, we absolutely have a right to know where those data collection points are. It's not about hiding crimes, it's about preventing a panopticon state by default.

Is anyone surprised anymore? It feels like every few years this comes up and it always passes. At what point do we just accept we're all 'persons of interest'?

Seriously, why do these companies need our passport numbers just to book a train ticket? They can verify identity at the station if needed. This is pure data hoarding for who-knows-what reasons, and now everyone pays the price.

Classic Apple. 'Privacy is a human right' until they conveniently forget to *actually* delete your stuff from their servers. Or maybe it's just 'data retention for future AI training' disguised as a bug.

The 'Digital Citizen app' part is what concerns me. EU age verification sounds fine in theory but a mandatory government app for social media access? Slippery slope, privacy wise.

So, 'safety' or 'security' is the new buzzword for 'we wanna know exactly where you are and what you're doing, 24/7.' What a shocker. Wonder how long until your car 'randomly' prevents you from driving over the speed limit or going to 'unapproved' locations.

Shocked, I tell you. Shocked.

This is just normalizing digital IDs at a fundamental level. It's not about 'parental control,' it's about control over us. Every single click tracked.

It's not about 'working' in the sense of completely stopping everything, it's about compliance and liability for platforms. Companies don't want to get sued for minors accessing adult content or sensitive data. The petition is probably targeting specific types of verification methods, not the concept itself.

Two phones. One burner for sketchy stuff, one clean for everything else. Wipe the burner and toss it the second you feel eyes on you. Paranoid? Maybe. Effective? Absolutely.

Another day, another tech company sharing data without explicit permission. Are we even surprised anymore? This is the default setting now, isn't it?