Technology Is in Its Restrictive Era, And You Can Help Fix It!
summary
Governments push age verification in 40 countries while an Australian report finds 80% of under-15s still use age-restricted platforms, highlighting weak outcomes and heavy privacy tradeoffs. Client-side scanning and attempts to weaken end-to-end encryption lead to false positives—GoGuardian flags routine teen searches and logs 27 million students across 10,000 schools—and Flock’s license-plate database gets queried for protest attendance. EFF’s tools counter that: Certbot manages 48 million domains, Privacy Badger serves 4 million users, and audits reveal concrete harms.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:03Oppressive tech era
- 4:54Privacy-invasive governance
- 5:35Age verification risks
- 8:03E2E encryption dangers
- 9:44Tech in criminalizing contexts
- 11:31Public interest tech solutions
- 13:01EFF audits: GoGuardian & Flock Safety
- 15:52Alternative tools & training
- 18:41Call to action
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