Post #4742797 · Elektrine

@Chaunticleer@lemmy.dbzer0.com

2026-09-18 00:54 UTC

There’s a division between state procedure and private possessions there. You can run whatever you want at home and that will never change, you can not take jobs that will require ID on devices (most jobs aren’t government jobs), as of now you can use VPN or TOR to get outside America’s internet. Be a pest to your representatives to make sure it stays that way Most of what you’re experiencing is an intentionally created climate of doom. It helps quell dissent to make people think it’s all out of their control. The map renaming is just theatrics. But the street camera’s are real. That’s going to take being active in your community in one way or another.

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@WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-09-18 01:48

I’m not as worried about the first phase, but the second, where they are talking about limiting access to Google, Apple, and Amazon services (etc.) for non-verified devices is what really concerns me. Do you think those companies will restrict it to the US only and allow a VPN to get around it, or do you think they will see the potential in the ultimate identifier for ads and make it mandatory for all users globally? At its worst extreme, I could see this being used to identify every user of every device and then potentially use harvested data to deliver targeted and customized propaganda that could circumvent VPN anonymization since they are confident of who the specific device belongs to separate from an IP address it is connecting from. With AI, the ads could even be altered and customized to specifically prey on that individual user’s insecurities and biases. In a political context, this would be the most powerful propaganda weapon ever invented, and the capitalistic value of it would be immense.

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