That's quite an elaborate system. It goes through a lot of gyrations (not the least of which is inventing a whole new type of crime and passing laws about it) and doesn't sound even as strong as the age verification "required" to buy cigarettes in the US. I'd think "welcome to pornhub. Either log in or do Privacy-enhanced Age Verification by Auth0 (TM)" would be a lot easier to get off the ground.
> not the least of which is inventing a whole new type of crime and passing laws about it
They're already writing laws about age verification. Tacking this onto a bill in progress would be the way to do it.
As for the other "gyrations", selling age-restricted products IRL is already done. Gift cards and the infrastructure for them is well-established. Most importantly, this is something a regular person on the street can understand. This is vital for capturing the "save the children" vote.
That's quite an elaborate system. It goes through a lot of gyrations (not the least of which is inventing a whole new type of crime and passing laws about it) and doesn't sound even as strong as the age verification "required" to buy cigarettes in the US. I'd think "welcome to pornhub. Either log in or do Privacy-enhanced Age Verification by Auth0 (TM)" would be a lot easier to get off the ground.
> not the least of which is inventing a whole new type of crime and passing laws about it
They're already writing laws about age verification. Tacking this onto a bill in progress would be the way to do it.
As for the other "gyrations", selling age-restricted products IRL is already done. Gift cards and the infrastructure for them is well-established. Most importantly, this is something a regular person on the street can understand. This is vital for capturing the "save the children" vote.
Or simply the connectivity provider, see: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46627433>.