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Privacy concerns rise as states demand ID for everyday purchases

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 08, 2025
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"California Uber Alles" warned us about creeping authoritarianism in the Golden State. Now, nearly 45 years after Dead Kennedys' dystopian vision, California leads the newmtotalitarian charge: demanding citizens prove their identity just to buy face cream containing Vitamin A or alpha hydroxy acids.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports that Califor…

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