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Loss of anonymity, exploitation of user data for profit or extortion, general personal information and database leaks, and an increased possibility of identity theft are not mere inconveniences. These can be a matter of life and death, money, and freedom.

Those pushing for such measures and laws, may foolishly not fully understand the consequences and dangerous of implementing them, or worse they do understand and hope to exploitatively take advantage of them. They can hope to use the pretext of protecting minors, and supplanting parental responsibility, in order to implement a nanny or police state on the way towards fascism.

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."




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