Armand1

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Hack of Age Verification Company Shows Privacy Danger of Social Media Laws ( www.eff.org )

We’ve said it before: online age verification is incompatible with privacy. Companies responsible for storing or processing sensitive documents like drivers’ licenses are likely to encounter data breaches, potentially exposing not only personal data like users’ government-issued ID, but also information about the sites...

Armand1 ,

That took a lot less time than I expected.

I expected at least another 6 months to pass before a major breach around an age verification provider to pass. I didn't even know they were in place yet.

Armand1 ,

How does this make you feel:

https://www.ywt.org.uk/nature-reserves/fen-bog-nature-reserve

Armand1 ,

Can the EU stop winning?

Armand1 ,

As someone who has used this app for at least 6 years, I am very sad to see this happen.

I'm surprised they weren't able to get away with it after the change in extensions a couple versions ago. By not shipping extensions that have copyrighted content that should have been enough, similar to how emulators, services like Plex and torrenting applications survive.

It's effectively just a comic / manga reader that can be used for piracy when the right extensions are added.

Apparently that wasn't enough, and I can't blame open source devs for not wanting to start a legal battle with a profit-earning company.

For now, the app does allow you to add external repository's (list of extensions for various sources) that are still being updated, and I believe there are at least a few forks of the project that will survive for now.

All I can say is great work to the dev team for sticking with us until now and I wish you luck in your future ventures.

Armand1 ,

I live in the UK, and because of Brexit we won't get this. Thanks Nigel Farage.

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