Comment by palata

First, I believe that age verification is coming, whether we want it or not. It is completely accepted to ask for an ID before entering a night club or buying alcohol, there is no way "people" will be convinced that it is unreasonable to do that for social media and porn. It is coming, period.

So the question is really: what is the best way to implement it?

* I find the "buying a gift card at a store" idea interesting: the seller checks your ID and gives you a gift card.

* I find the digital idea with privacy preservation interesting, too: the government already knows about me. If they can give me a token that only reveals my age, and I can use that token without revealing to the government where I used the token, then it works.

I think the EFF's stance on this is: "but some people will have issues using that technology". I would like to know how many people that is, and why we couldn't imagine a way to help them?