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Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK (www.techradar.com)
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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't mind giving my date of birth to all the services I already pay for with credit card but face scanning? That's just creepy. Fuck off.

[–] npdean@lemmy.today 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Date of birth (with some other details) is kind of a sensitive information in the right hands

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

given that governments are now starting to make certain protests illegal, definitely not as bad as having your face in a database and your behaviour being mapped for suspicious illegal activity like criticising genocide.