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i really like this thing where websites will have separate "log in" & "sign up" buttons and if you click "log in" it takes you to a sign-up screen anyway so you have to click "i already have an account" and then it will ask if you want to sign in with your facebook account or with instagram or linkedin or deviantart or whatever, and if you choose "username & password" it asks if you want to put in your username or use your thumbprint, and once you put your username & password it emails you a confirmation code, and once you put in the code it says "do you want to give us your phone number for future sign-ins? do you want to sign up for facial recognition? do you want to give us your bones? give us your fucking bones?

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does anyone know why youtube videos from 2020 have had that 5y on them lately

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*sees a beloved mutual in the notes* hi honey

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KHUN SAM + tumblr texts posts

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how do you write

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IM SO PISSED OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT TO EAT SWEETS AND CHOCOLATE BUT THERE ARE NONE IN THE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOVIANS: GET IN THE TARDIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRAB YOUR SWIMSUITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOMESTUCK

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Reading the new checks that might come in due to the Online Safety Act in the UK and this is actually bullshit

[Image Transcript:

And how will I prove my age?

There’s a number of methods a site or app might use to ask you to confirm your age. They might do this check themselves or use another company to do the check. These methods include:

Facial age estimation – you show your face via photo or video, and technology analyses it to estimate your age. 

Open banking – you give permission for the age-check service to securely access information from your bank about whether you are over 18. The age-check service then confirms this with the site or app.

Digital identity services – these include digital identity wallets, which can securely store and share information which proves your age in a digital format.

Credit card age checks – you provide your credit card details and a payment processor checks if the card is valid. As you must be over 18 to obtain a credit card this shows you are over 18.

Email-based age estimation – you provide your email address, and technology analyses other online services where it has been used – such as banking or utility providers - to estimate your age.  

Mobile network operator age checks – you give your permission for an age-check service to confirm whether or not your mobile phone number has age filters applied to it. If there are no restrictions, this confirms you are over 18. 

Photo-ID matching – this is similar to a check when you show a document. For example, you upload an image of a document that shows your face and age, and an image of yourself at the same time – these are compared to confirm if the document is yours.

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Not only is this such a fucking breach of privacy, but this is going to hurt adults in vulnerable and abusive situations. Some adults don’t have bank accounts or credit cards or even a fucking phone. I’m one of them. I could not give half of this information even if I wanted to. What the fuck is this. Fuck the UK government. This isn’t going to protect kids, this is just going to hurt adults, and I know full well when they say “sites that allow pornography” they’re going to be going after sites that have huge amounts of queer content, like tumblr and Ao3. Queer kids are gonna lose their fucking communities because of this shit. Abuse victims are going to lose online support systems because of this.

I’m genuinely fucked off about this, and worried about whether I’m going to lose every single one of my online friends. Anyone in the UK, please email your MP and sign this petition. It needs to reach 100k signatures to pass through Parliament.

I’m only hoping the backlash will be big enough for them to stop implementing these measures.

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Never posting my fanfiction. Call that AO2.

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endless gifs of khun pin ♡ [4/∞]

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your 20s are all about being stuck in the time loop

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yaz's face appreciation: 80/?

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GOD i can't fucking do ANYTHING WRONG (throws beer bottle at the wall but it bounces off and lands perfectly right side up)

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The Loyal Pin Rewatch Episode Nine

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KILLING EVE I Have a Thing About Bathrooms (1x05)

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i always click the "track package" button as soon as i get the email. "oh boy i wonder where my package is!" warehouse.

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i’m at the point where watching tv shows i haven’t seen before qualifies as being productive

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The Loyal Pin Rewatch Episode Eight