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I don't believe the goal of 'age verification' has anything to do with children. Politicians have been very explicit objecting to anonymous people online compla

• wolvoleo 10mo ago
  Yeah like those politicians that are calling a slim female journalist "piggy". One rule for me and one for thee.
  • throwaway85825 10mo ago
    As long as there is an anonymous internet I could not care less what words are used by politicians.
    • wolvoleo 10mo ago
      Well this would bother me from anyone. But leaders are supposed to set a good example. Totally agree that the internet should remain anonymous though.
      • throwaway85825 10mo ago
        I care more about what they do than what they say.
• triceratops 10mo ago
  > I don't believe the goal of 'age verification' has anything to do with children. Some people pushing for it are sincere. I believe keeping children away from social media or adult content online is good. But I also believe most of the existing proposals to do it dangerously erode adults' privacy. And that's the real end goal for many politicians. Implementing a fully anonymous, pretty-good-but-not-perfect age verification system can cut the legs out from all the demands to upload ID to "protect the children". I've proposed a relatively simple one that doesn't rely on zero knowledge proofs or something else the general public can't understand.,