A better rule is that PII data should never be used as a basis for auth/auth except by government agencies in the process of delivering legally mandated government services.

I live in the UK and, like nearly everyone else in the UK, have never been required to do this. The only time it’s required is when accessing adult-only sites, and there are some obvious workarounds in those cases, yarr.

Don Quixote was a fool but not an asshole.

For low values of “people.”

and nobody will defend it

Except NAMBLA.

Claims of pedophilia trigger a strong emotional response. So MAGAts use them against their enemies.

Pretty simple, really.

Just like someone else shat in his Depends.

Can’t bite the hand that feeds, eh?

Besides bullying, what is the mechanism for enforcing such an executive order?

They came to my city a few months ago when Robinson was trying to stir up anti-asylum-seeker violence. They targeted a section of our high street with a large number of Muslim-owned businesses. Almost none of the “demonstrators” had any local connection.

Local people turned out in vastly greater numbers than the fascists, and the business owners had also stockpiled bricks on the roofs of several of the businesses in case things kicked off more than they did. As it was, the rent-a-crowd fucked off pretty quickly when they were faced with a unified opposition. Only five or six remained, all whingeing about being “cancelled” and playing the victim.

And that’s how you keep the scum out.

Trump says a lot of things. Almost none of them are true.

It’s a pity mutual annihilation isn’t a possibility with those two.

What a coincidence, that’s also what Putin wants.

If you are implying there’s some equivalence between the MAGAdiots and the EU, you’re delusional.

House Judiciary is controlled by Republicans. Therefore, anything it says is lies.

They seem butthurt that Nazis can be kicked off platforms in the EU. Tough shit.

Russian asset and psycho cult member Gabbard lying?

Shocking.

Live location doesn’t add anything

Yeah, seriously, how did society function before GPS?

by law, I can not be equipped with a panic button for rescue purposes, as it is deemed unlawful surveillance of the worker

That makes no sense. What country and what law? For one example, GDPR has an exemption for cases like that. And for another, how can it be surveillance when the communication is initiated by the worker as part of their job?

Republican-controlled panel. No reason to believe anything it says.

The UK government was also getting advice from its own cybersecurity people that the backdoor idea wasn’t viable.

Vance deserves no credit for this or anything else.