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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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submitted 1 week ago by rocksolid@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Jaws dropped when I saw this.

https://ns.com/exam

This website requires both:

a Google or Apple account
a social media account

Just to take a free test. (On the site, scroll way down, click Apply)

The vast majority of people in my country may have a Google account (because of Android), but many don’t have a social media account. I'm one of them - I do not even have Google at all because I’ve been deGoogling for years.

I have an email address and GitHub for code writing, but no social media. SNS just isn't for me - I'm definitely not wasting my time on doomscrolling.

Seeing a site that requires Google is heartbreaking, and I'm sure other minorities who care about their privacy will simply give up on participating.

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[–] PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Authentication of users seems to be outsourced to 'identity providers (IdPs)' (primarily: Google, Facebook, Apple, etc.: "login with..."); that manage access to a service's resources, which are increasingly distributed throughout various cloud-based services. A service's chat application might be hosted at provider X, whereas its website at provider Y; so managing access to these resources from a centralized identity pool is convenient. Well, unless you value you privacy, but that's the end-user's problem...

At least that is the impression I've gotten from my limited research on Amazon Cognito: required for contacting my doctor's office through their forced chat application (automatic account creation, no longer a phone line for uses outside of emergencies). And yes, to anyone wondering: I am going to look for alternatives, because this should not be acceptable, at least for a doctor's office of all places.