Yesterday my reddit account got hit with the age verification banner. Not a chance in hell that I would submit my id or selfie to Persona. So I tried going through threads where people claimed to have tricked the system. Tried a lot of things, but nothing really worked... However I believe while trying to trick the selfie process with a 3d model face on my laptop screen, my face may have appeared in front of the camera for a split moment. Still, the process with the 3d face said it failed. Then I gave up yesterday. However today I am suddenly able to access nsfw subs... What I cant help thinking about is whether they captured my face in the split moment when it appeared on camera and processed it. The process works like, it counds down from 3 to 0 and the pic is clicked automatically but I moved my face away before the counter ended so it shouldn't have clicked the photo. I dont know for sure how these rat bastards work.

Anyone any clue why I can suddenly accesss nsfw stuff again?

I couldn't repost the thread on this sub, but a quick google: Savannah officer lets her husband (who works for ICE) use her credentials to access flock surveillance.

I'd like to say this shocks me, but it doesn't. And short of... activities I won't promote, there is just nothing we can do? We just have to let this happen because it's making people money?

https://www.wtoc.com/2026/10/15/savannah-officer-fired-sharing-flock-login-with-ice-agent-husband/

Like what gives, how blatant can it be that they just want to squeeze data out of me. You know i'm an adult, fuck off

I ask this cause of I'm curious of how you guys feel about this feature.

Currently it's completely optional here. But hearing about how they'll handle such videos like that including even them asking for a extra video selfie from you is quite concerning for what purpose they would need another one here.

Amazon's new Bee wearables record every conversation around you all day and use it to suggest what to buy, and nobody you're talking to ever agreed to that

Enraging. This is what you get asked for when trying to create a child account for Pokemon so they can participate in local in-person events (which require a "Pokemon ID"):

• Name
• Birthday
• Address
• Last 4 of Social Security Number

Age verification performed by Veratad with a blub:

"Per FTC Safe Harbor Guidelines, we must verify your location, determine that you are not deceased, and confirm that you are 18+ years of age and have provided an accurate SSN."

Sorry, kiddo. I guess you can't go play Pokemon TCG at the local game shop because I'm not handing out part of my Social Security Number (specifically the part that every service uses to verify identity when recovering accounts).

Hello, I realised that reddit deactivated my +18 nsfw access and now is asking me ID verification or photo. I am not from UK, wtf is this?

My girlfriend (Chinese) went to China. I had to Install wechat for that. I didn't give it any permissions and of course used a random username with random picture.

Now I'm still a little worried about how much it can spy? Yes, I know everything that goes through the app is public data. I'm also aware it knows about my IP etc.

But how much can it spy on my phone (OnePlus nord CE32 lite) with up to date Security patches? I'm wondering how much it could spy my Internet activity and usuage of other apps (like reading along with reddit, whatsapp etc.).

This popped up as an option when I signed into youtube just now. How much longer until it's a requirement? Why the heck isn't someone suing these corporations for invasion of privacy?

X/Twitter straight up required me to take a picture of my palm to log in, so I dropped that site. Now youtube and likely other Google sites are "asking" for it.

Basically the title.

I’ve set up Mealie, Plex (and Plexamp), a family planner (weekly meals, budget, calendar, etc.), and more.

She discovered a fantastic family planning app (on AppStore) that we started using yesterday. However, after reading about the data it collects, I was quite concerned. It gathers our addresses, emails, check-in notes, menstrual cycles, full calendar access, and more. I found a self-hosted alternative that looked very similar to the app she found, explained it to her, and demonstrated how it worked when I set it up.

This led to a conversation that eventually turned into an argument about privacy and accessibility. I am very privacy-oriented, while she essentially says, “I don’t care about sharing personal details with company X; let them see when I have my menstrual cycle, etc.” She mentioned that the family planning app she found looked better and “warmer” and preferred it over the self-hosted one, even though they are essentially the same. To me, it’s baffling that she chooses minor UI details over our privacy.

Any tips on how to persuade her to take her privacy more seriously? Is all hope lost?

I ask this cause I've been out the loop with age verification bills in the USA a little bit here.

So when I looked up about this legislation and it passed through one chamber,I got extremely concern about this development.

I'm sure a lot of others have talked about the kids act bill(7757) here.

But just want to know you guys feel about it currently.

second edit get fucked and die, this entire subreddit. You're the reason we're at where we are, not the 10 people that replied to me. Keep on keeping on. Dead internet theory, with /r/privacy at the helm

So, we're almost at the end of the year and it's cybersecurity awareness month, or something.

I'm a CS student. I really like networking and coding, and I REALLY fucking hate that every other day there's a new headline about a company we should have easily be able to 'trust' selling or leaking our data. It's the South Park BP episode, but with our personal information.

I have my experience, I know things I'd like to have to protect me online, gaps I think need filled.

But as someone subbed to r/privacy, what are YOU wishing there was to protect your privacy?

Tony Stark, you have bajillions of dollars and super smartz, what's your 'Suit of armor around the world'?

edit Ignore the belligerence in my replies. I'm drunk, my wife just left me, and I'm just looking for a reason to keep coding. I'm mad. Possibly at you. Probably not.

My TikTok app suddenly has a whole feed for the area I live in, AND my normal feed is infiltrated with local content. I don’t have any location stuff enabled and all location data is deleted…I’m sure it’s based on IP and whatnot. I just want it to stop. I do not want any type of local content in any way. Tips??

So I tried to visit an NSFW sub today and Reddit now keeps asking me to verify my age by providing government ID or a Photo.

How do I get around this? I am not gonna provide my government ID or a photo for an account that I use exclusively to view NSFW subs / topics.