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Midnight Writer

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4. The real motivation is data collection.

Reply to Oneironaut (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 25, 2026, 03:07 PM

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In order to "confirm your age", tech companies want to be able to access a bunch of personal information which they will mine from your devices.

Once they have a doorway into your personal data, they will not stop at "age verification". They will rummage through your devices and take what they want.

"All your bases are belong to us", as the tech bros would put it.

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