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<blockquote>“Any system can be hacked—this is no longer a secret.” | <blockquote>“Any system can be hacked—this is no longer a secret.” | ||
― ''Dan Kaminsky, Security Researcher and DNS Expert''</blockquote>There is no such thing as a system that is unable to be breached,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aj |first= |date=Sep 7, 2025 |title=Why “Unhackable” Systems Don’t Exist: Lessons from the Frontlines |url=https://osintteam.blog/why-unhackable-systems-dont-exist-lessons-from-the-frontlines-6fd517d117ba |access-date=Oct 22, 2025 |website=osintteam.blog}}</ref> and IDs are a valuable product that malicious actors are incentivized to hijack.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weissmann |first=Shoshana |date=May 22, 2023 |title=If platforms are required to have your government IDs and face scans, hackers and enemy governments can access them too |url=https://www.rstreet.org/commentary/if-platforms-are-required-to-have-your-government-ids-and-face-scans-hackers-and-enemy-governments-can-access-them-too/ |access-date=Oct 22, 2025 |website=RStreet}}</ref> These 2 facts tend to lead to an increase in attempted security breaches. As an example, in late September 2025, attackers breached [[Discord]]'s 3rd-party customer service portal,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-10-03 |title=Update on a Security Incident Involving Third-Party Customer Service |url=https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251006163040/https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service |archive-date=2025-10-06 |access-date=2025-10-07 |website=Discord}}</ref> leading to an estimated 70,000 photo IDs for the United Kingdom being stolen from the platform.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hunt |first=Troy |date=2025-10-04 |title=X |url=https://x.com/troyhunt/status/1974558088847102289}}</ref> | ― ''Dan Kaminsky, Security Researcher and DNS Expert''</blockquote>There is no such thing as a system that is unable to be breached,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aj |first= |date=Sep 7, 2025 |title=Why “Unhackable” Systems Don’t Exist: Lessons from the Frontlines |url=https://osintteam.blog/why-unhackable-systems-dont-exist-lessons-from-the-frontlines-6fd517d117ba |access-date=Oct 22, 2025 |website=osintteam.blog}}</ref> and IDs are a valuable product that malicious actors are incentivized to hijack.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weissmann |first=Shoshana |date=May 22, 2023 |title=If platforms are required to have your government IDs and face scans, hackers and enemy governments can access them too |url=https://www.rstreet.org/commentary/if-platforms-are-required-to-have-your-government-ids-and-face-scans-hackers-and-enemy-governments-can-access-them-too/ |access-date=Oct 22, 2025 |website=RStreet |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260205235858/https://www.rstreet.org/commentary/if-platforms-are-required-to-have-your-government-ids-and-face-scans-hackers-and-enemy-governments-can-access-them-too/ |archive-date=5 Feb 2026}}</ref> These 2 facts tend to lead to an increase in attempted security breaches. As an example, in late September 2025, attackers breached [[Discord]]'s 3rd-party customer service portal,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-10-03 |title=Update on a Security Incident Involving Third-Party Customer Service |url=https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251006163040/https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service |archive-date=2025-10-06 |access-date=2025-10-07 |website=Discord}}</ref> leading to an estimated 70,000 photo IDs for the United Kingdom being stolen from the platform.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hunt |first=Troy |date=2025-10-04 |title=X |url=https://x.com/troyhunt/status/1974558088847102289}}</ref> | ||
===Loss of privacy=== | ===Loss of privacy=== | ||
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===Censorship<!-- This may need more references added! -->=== | ===Censorship<!-- This may need more references added! -->=== | ||
Users who are forced to give their ID when using a platform may be forced to see feeds only curated for their region,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-01 |title=Strict Age Verification Laws: Balancing Content Restriction and Educational Rights |url=https://www.thinkacademy.ca/blog/strict-age-verification-laws-impact-k12-education/#:~:text=Impact%20on%20K12,affect%20these%20groups |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=Think Academy}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kelley |first=Jason |last2=Mackey |first2=Aaron |last3=Mullin |first3=Joe |date=2024-02-15 |title=Don’t Fall for the Latest Changes to the Dangerous Kids Online Safety Act |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/dont-fall-latest-changes-dangerous-kids-online-safety-act |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=Electronic Frontier Foundation}}</ref> as well as have their content specifically moderated more harshly depending on the region's government. This also can lead to methods where [[wikipedia:Virtual_private_network|VPNs]] are used to access content that may otherwise be inaccessible in some regions to no-longer be viable. Besides that, dissidents or exiles of certain authoritarian countries may face transnational repressions if the databases containing their ID details suffer data breaches. | Users who are forced to give their ID when using a platform may be forced to see feeds only curated for their region,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-01 |title=Strict Age Verification Laws: Balancing Content Restriction and Educational Rights |url=https://www.thinkacademy.ca/blog/strict-age-verification-laws-impact-k12-education/#:~:text=Impact%20on%20K12,affect%20these%20groups |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=Think Academy |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251021043327/https://www.thinkacademy.ca/blog/strict-age-verification-laws-impact-k12-education/ |archive-date=21 Oct 2025}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kelley |first=Jason |last2=Mackey |first2=Aaron |last3=Mullin |first3=Joe |date=2024-02-15 |title=Don’t Fall for the Latest Changes to the Dangerous Kids Online Safety Act |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/dont-fall-latest-changes-dangerous-kids-online-safety-act |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=Electronic Frontier Foundation |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222141612/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/dont-fall-latest-changes-dangerous-kids-online-safety-act |archive-date=22 Feb 2026}}</ref> as well as have their content specifically moderated more harshly depending on the region's government. This also can lead to methods where [[wikipedia:Virtual_private_network|VPNs]] are used to access content that may otherwise be inaccessible in some regions to no-longer be viable. Besides that, dissidents or exiles of certain authoritarian countries may face transnational repressions if the databases containing their ID details suffer data breaches. | ||
== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Forced account]] | |||
*[[Anti-privacy legislation]] | |||
=== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verification-bills/all "Every age verification bill targeted at “material harmful to minors” introduced after 2021"]''FSC Action Center'' | |||
*[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verification-resources/global-age-verification-policies "Global Age-Verification Policies"]''FSC Action Center'' | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||