Topic: KYC is expanding to YouTube. How wrecked is digital privacy? - page 2. (Read 468 times)
If you are using then you are having no privacy at all, Google watches you all the time and no one can oppose it.Technology getting developed while human kind lose their privacy so its not possible for someone to get drowned without adapting to it, we have to move and learn how to live with those no privacy life.
I don't think it's so scary. As you say, to have a google account, you already needed a verified phone account, and they could also trace you via IP (there are very few people who use VPN). The ID thing is one more step, but it doesn't change much. In this case I think it is to know your age, because having your mobile number (or your IP) they could not know your age.
What I do believe is that the channels that produce restricted videos will migrate to other platforms, such as vimeo.
They should start doing this with porn-Youtubes like Xvideos or Pornhub, because we have a generation of kids that start accessing porn at a very early age, like 8 or 10 years old.
So what happens if my kid steals my credit card or ID to falsely prove that he is over 18? If kids are curious to find out about adult stuff, it's their parents' fault for being let so free on the Internet and I should not be forced to provide personal data to access it. There are enough ways out there to keep your kids away from adult-oriented things on the web.What I do believe is that the channels that produce restricted videos will migrate to other platforms, such as vimeo.
They should start doing this with porn-Youtubes like Xvideos or Pornhub, because we have a generation of kids that start accessing porn at a very early age, like 8 or 10 years old.
TV channels are one of the easiest ways for children to access adult/mature oriented content, yet ever since the existence of TVs, nobody's ever asked me or anyone else around the world for an ID to access news and explicit content that appears on a daily basis on music channels.
I think having phone number verification and IP tracing is more than enough personal information to create an account. I should not be forced to prove my identity to access something that is supposed to be free. My personal documents and information are the alternative currency these platforms lately use to their own gain. If I have to access adult-oriented videos on YouTube only if I provide my ID or CC, I think it's getting into a serious privacy threat that really disturbs me.
Now about porn, that would be even more concerning than the YouTube situation. Linking my porn history with my real identity and being able to create a perfect analysis of my preferences over sexual content is something I really don't want someone to be able to do, and I'm sure a lot of other people think the same.
I don't think it's so scary. As you say, to have a google account, you already needed a verified phone account, and they could also trace you via IP (there are very few people who use VPN). The ID thing is one more step, but it doesn't change much. In this case I think it is to know your age, because having your mobile number (or your IP) they could not know your age.
What I do believe is that the channels that produce restricted videos will migrate to other platforms, such as vimeo.
They should start doing this with porn-Youtubes like Xvideos or Pornhub, because we have a generation of kids that start accessing porn at a very early age, like 8 or 10 years old.
What I do believe is that the channels that produce restricted videos will migrate to other platforms, such as vimeo.
They should start doing this with porn-Youtubes like Xvideos or Pornhub, because we have a generation of kids that start accessing porn at a very early age, like 8 or 10 years old.
On the 22nd of September, YouTube has announced new plans for Europe: identity verification for videos that are age-restricted.
If until not too long ago the verification was a Google account which already required mobile number verification, the corporation will soon implement a KYC-like procedure in order to be allowed to watch age-restricted videos.
It seems like the new procedure has to do with Revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), which has been adopted on the 6th of November 2018.
According to YouTube's recent blog post,
This is very alarming imo. If we rewind the time back to 2013 and slowly remember all the new "regulations" and "guidelines" that have been implemented among most of the online platforms, we would find out that these things are so smoothly implemented it's just scary. I keep repeating on a daily basis this same idea that only seems to become more real every day: privacy is soon going to be a definition of the past!
If until not too long ago the verification was a Google account which already required mobile number verification, the corporation will soon implement a KYC-like procedure in order to be allowed to watch age-restricted videos.
It seems like the new procedure has to do with Revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), which has been adopted on the 6th of November 2018.
According to YouTube's recent blog post,
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As part of this process some European users may be asked to provide additional proof of age when attempting to watch mature content. If our systems are unable to establish that a viewer is above the age of 18, we will request that they provide a valid ID or credit card to verify their age. We’ve built our age-verification process in keeping with Google’s Privacy and Security Principles.
This is very alarming imo. If we rewind the time back to 2013 and slowly remember all the new "regulations" and "guidelines" that have been implemented among most of the online platforms, we would find out that these things are so smoothly implemented it's just scary. I keep repeating on a daily basis this same idea that only seems to become more real every day: privacy is soon going to be a definition of the past!
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