• RustyNova@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Yeah like the email address and the full name of the user.

    … What do you mean it’s blank for 99% of users?

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      18 hours ago

      Email address and name are actually useful for network environments of a system admin needs to know who is the user behind a process or something. How old the user is is complete useless.

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          11 hours ago

          And how is it useful then? Parental controls have existed for decades and you never had to give your age to Facebook, who is the main proponent of these laws in the US and has poured millions of dollars into their creation.

          This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about adding an additional fingerprint companies and governments can use to track and identify you and what you do with your system.

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            6 hours ago

            Providing a place to store and read data for minimal, nominal, non-invasive compliance with legislation so that people can protect themselves without harming anyone else

            Things I have never said anything about:

            • Facebook
            • Giving your age to anyone
            • Laws in the US
            • Protecting kids
            • Fingerprinting