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by nickandbro 37 days ago
I understand how this can be incredibly frustrating to non-US users or people who would like to remain anonymous. But from an enforcement perspective makes sense. If someone is able to leverage a jail break to break into a classified system, the government needs to easily be able to track down who that person is.
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You can make that silly argument to justify almost any government overreach
They already have an identity based on payment method…