Comment by ameister14
1 year ago
Does this actually remove anonymity on the internet?
It seems to de-anonymize a set of IaaS customers, sure; but that's not nearly the same thing as removing anonymity completely. I've only just scanned this but it seems at first glance to mean that a foreign company can't anonymously spin up an AWS instance, that's all. Am I reading this incorrectly?
It establishes the principle, so that later it can be expanded by degrees. The trick is to oppose the principle so that it can't be expanded later.
This can’t be the only way to de anonymize an internet user today
A set? Only US customers are unaffected, i.e. 96% of the planet would no longer be able to use AWS (or anything similar based in the US, all the way down to simple web hosting or e-mail services) without going through KYC.
There are so many things that can fall under the IaaS bracket. Think anything 'cloud'. Maybe that's not how they'll apply it, but legally they are free to do so. It's a huge reach.
The only away for US citizens to prove that they are such would be for them to also submit their IDs. So it affects everyone.
Basically, it forces providers of a very wide variety of tech related services to collect identifying info on anyone who uses their services, and then store that info to either eventually be exposed in a breach, subpoenaed by the government, or sold to the highest bidder (might as well monetize it if you're forced to collect it )
This certainly makes it more hostile for an unsavory advocacy group to create a webpage and use the internet to organize a group to fight an anti-democratic bill.