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		Algent on July 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: France to introduce controversial age verification... Something interesting about being forced to use the "FranceConnect" OpenID service for adult websites is it's what we use in France to connect official taxes, health insurance, retirement and car registration website. It also use social security number as login depending on which website you bounce from.

mgbmtl on July 10, 2020 [–]

That sounds scary if used by companies who rely on advertising and, when they get hacked, extortionists.

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