This is another article that tries to turn what is a subjective political grievance into a technical discussion. Age verification by id in fairly privacy preser

This is another article that tries to turn what is a subjective political grievance into a technical discussion. Age verification by id in fairly privacy preserving ways is technically trivial. I've lived in South Korea where this is standard and digital identification is used for everything. My German national id has an eid feature that you can use, for example when buying booze online to verify your age. There's a dedicated public company set up for this, so the vendor only gets a yes/no. That's much, much better than typing your personal information into some random website from a privacy standpoint. It's better to have verification behind a dedicated API abiding by some standards than the "type everying into the webform and pray" status quo. And as a sidenote on the cultural issue itself. I have no problem with porn or drinking etc, but when I go into a store for anything adult related someone at the door asks me for my id. Idk why people make a fuzz about having some basic due dilligence in digital marketplaces. Cinemas need to make sure people who attend adult movies are of age, bar owners need to make sure underaged kids don't order drinks. This is a completely reasonable level of responsiblity on business owners.