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submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Cross-posted from "Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view many types of content" by @[email protected] in [email protected]


cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/43948771

Reddit hires company to verify user age with selfie or photo of government ID.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It doesn't use a browser, nor DNS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitmessage.

It broadcasts all messages, but only the intended recipient can read the message with their private key. So in terms of metadata, they can't even see who is contacting who. All the third parties know, afaik, is that you use it. They don't even know when and to or from whom messages are send.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

How do you "connect" to it? Via standard internet?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Tcp/ip yes, p2p like bittorrent. You need the address of one peer, who then sends you a list of peers they know, etc.

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