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GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS
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#12If anything, from an age-verification perspective those using GrapheneOS are probably more likely to be adults, mentally mature, or otherwise smarter than the average sheeple.
Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS
#13If anything, from an age-verification perspective those using GrapheneOS are probably more likely to be adults, mentally mature, or otherwise smarter than the average sheeple.
But it's not about checking age, it's about enforcing control.
Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS
#14- Heavy censorship
- Two-tier justice system
- This
How did it come to this? The UK is arguably the country that has done the most for the cause of freedom, having led the way in abolishing slavery.
Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS
#15A friend of mine told me that Yoti is used as an age verification system in so many porn websites. That’s such an issue, this information should never be owned by private companies.
Or you could just choose not to use pornography. Then you don't have to verify your age to these websites. I get that some people have a behavioural addiction to this harmful content but perhaps the age verification is an opportunity to step back and reconsider.
First they came for the porn watchers
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a porn watcher
Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS
#16- Heavy censorship - Two-tier justice system - This How did it come to this? The UK is arguably the country that has done the most for the cause of freedom, having led the way in abolishing slavery.
Can we stop it with this two tier justice system nonsense?
Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS
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#18This is not how authorities work.
They need to prove people guilty, not flag all “suspicious activity” then let people prove they are innocent.
Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS
#19A friend of mine told me that Yoti is used as an age verification system in so many porn websites. That’s such an issue, this information should never be owned by private companies.
Or you could just choose not to use pornography. Then you don't have to verify your age to these websites. I get that some people have a behavioural addiction to this harmful content but perhaps the age verification is an opportunity to step back and reconsider.
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Re: GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS
#20Someone in the comments of that post linked to a long FAQ section for GrapheneOS about how apps can identify it and so forth [1]. I don't understand why it doesn't just attempt to spoof that's it's stock Android/Google everywhere it possibly can?
[1] https://grapheneos.org/faq#:~:text=Apps%20can%20detect%20tha...