[lazzlazzlazz]

Then you will likely end up with your eyes being scanned by a state and profit-seeking corporations — along with your private data. We need methods to identify who is a real person in the internet of the future, and it should be privacy-preserving and independent of the state.

[arcticbull]

My dude, whether Sam Altman does it or not has zero bearing on that. If you care about privacy and avoiding such a dystopian outcome, vote for common-sense regulations.

[haliskerbas]

How many times has “just go vote” prevented things you didn’t want

[arcticbull]

This is the fallacy of counting the set of things that don't happen (I don't know if there's a technical term for it). The rivers aren't on fire anymore, the air is clean, the skies are safe - things are just about as good as they've ever been (despite a few outliers). That's all thanks to voting and common-sense regulations.

So to answer your question directly, "pretty much constantly but it's easy to miss since by definition they're successfully being prevented."

[godelski]

In a democracy we're not subjugated to the state, the state is subjugated to us. Sure, they can trick people into licking their boots but the power is with the people. You can't rule over the dead and you can't rule without a head.

[version_five]

Have you been away for the past three years?

[rpcope1]

If someone's going to force me to do this to use whatever computer service, maybe it's time to throw the computer away, and go live in the woods. Like GP, I'm not willingly going to give that data up to any company or state actor.

[bb88]

Or not have your eyes scanned at all with government regulations.