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by Havoc 79 days ago
That's just setting things up for a smoother slippery slope...

As appealing as the private part sounds I genuinely think it may make the situation worse here by facilitating the transition & muddying the waters

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Why reach for a slippery slope fallacy when plenty of other fallacies will do? Have you considered reworking your argument to use proof by assertion or even the moralistic fallacy[1]? You might get better milage out of those.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies

We all have opinions, mine is you’re just incredibly naïve if you don’t understand that these laws are a shim to establish an eventual chain that links TPM to your license to end anonymous Internet usage.
And you're incredibly naive if you think the TPM-linked internet usage isn't a shim to put a camera in your toilet bowl.
First they say they need your age, then they say they need proof. We already have a huge sudden trend of online services requiring your license, so your absurd comparison is a ridiculous non-sequitur.