> In my opinion that's more than enough, especially when you compare it to requiring everyone to identify themselves. The solution I proposed was the opposite

> In my opinion that's more than enough, especially when you compare it to requiring everyone to identify themselves. The solution I proposed was the opposite of people identifying themselves. Zero knowledge proofs. Enabling trusted verification without revealing identity is exactly what cryptographers designed them for. We should be using them everywhere. Like end-to-end encryption they provide massive privacy, security, and trust (I.e. ability to verify intended disclosure) improvements. Or we can complain about parents, the ones who care enough to ask for better help, while legislatures keep passing identity revealing anti-privacy rules. That seems to be the direction many are taking here. Complain, condescendingly, don’t solve anything. Repeat.