Comment by zug_zug
7 hours ago
All the more reason for us to get out an actual implementation of age verification that IS anonymous first, so that when a law is pushed for or passed, companies can adopt the anonymous implementation.
7 hours ago
All the more reason for us to get out an actual implementation of age verification that IS anonymous first, so that when a law is pushed for or passed, companies can adopt the anonymous implementation.
No, there's no compromise here. Anyone pushing for age verification or going along with it needs to get replaced by a service that is immune to government overreach.
Some of us do see value in age and identity verification if the anonymity problem is solved so I very much disagree.
Might be vulnerable to classic salami tactics, though. Once we arrive at a general consensus on new norms that expect age verification online, we can just legislate it to ID users as a step 2.
Maybe wait for the next terror-attack before pushing for it, but it's an easy fix to a culture that already accepted a layer control against the user. The end user will only perceive a small difference in whether they provide full ID or just verified age information.
I want to believe that some supporters of age verification are not cynical. However, whatever good can be achieved through age verification seems such a small win, compared to the dangerous precedent it sets for the internet in general. I cannot get my head around it.