[red_admiral]

The pushback against ad tech - or more precisely tracking tech - is hardly the same thing. One of the EU's moves will greatly improve privacy, another one will harm it.

A world is possible where we have end-to-end encryption AND a ban on profiling people online without their consent.

[EGreg]

Sure, and a world is possible when we have other types of tech, too. For example we can have zero-knowledge proofs to access online sites and prove we’re over 18. But the UK government has already passed a law requiring all websites to KYC their members with a passport. And Utah recently passed a law also protecting children on social sites and I asked their politicians directly how they will enforce it — a likely candidate will be requiring ID from everyone.

But the governments when all is said and done don’t care about your privacy.

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202309/uk-passes-online-safe...