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What are you going to do when the internet starts asking for ID for everything? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] eleitl@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Internet is a bunch of Autonomous Systems running open protocols like BGP. Packets have no passports.

[โ€“] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

True about the core protocols, but the ID verification is happening at the application layer where most people actually interact. The internet's plumbing might be neutral, but the doors to websites/services are where the gatekeeping is happening. Reminds me of how China's Great Firewall works - the packets flow freely but the endpoints are controlled.