I'm pretty sure Google/YouTube have certain services locked off unless you verify yourself by sending a passport photo and a selfie. I seem to remember having to fill these out before.
I'm not sure what there is to doubt about this. You doubt that a megacorporation known for data harvesting would coerce people into handing their data over?
You doubt that a company would incorporate itself into computer infrastructure so deeply that you'd be almost forced to use their software unless you've got a bit of tech savviness about you? (Windows)
Sure at some point in the hypothetical future maybe every Google account will require ID but that's not happening today. I remember years ago I had to send facebook my ID to unlock my account cause i used a fake name(just to try and hide from anyone searching for me). But i only had to show certain parts of the ID and they really didn't matter in terms of OMG MY DATA. It was that or lose the account which i didnt have shit saved or backed up. They didnt learn anything new about me that wasn't public. Google requiring ID for billions of accounts? Probably not. Most of the data about us is just to try and sell us shit, which can be defeated by not buying shit.
I'm pretty sure Google/YouTube have certain services locked off unless you verify yourself by sending a passport photo and a selfie. I seem to remember having to fill these out before.
I'm not sure what there is to doubt about this. You doubt that a megacorporation known for data harvesting would coerce people into handing their data over?
You doubt that a company would incorporate itself into computer infrastructure so deeply that you'd be almost forced to use their software unless you've got a bit of tech savviness about you? (Windows)
Sure at some point in the hypothetical future maybe every Google account will require ID but that's not happening today. I remember years ago I had to send facebook my ID to unlock my account cause i used a fake name(just to try and hide from anyone searching for me). But i only had to show certain parts of the ID and they really didn't matter in terms of OMG MY DATA. It was that or lose the account which i didnt have shit saved or backed up. They didnt learn anything new about me that wasn't public. Google requiring ID for billions of accounts? Probably not. Most of the data about us is just to try and sell us shit, which can be defeated by not buying shit.