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This wouldn't pass muster for the "age verification laws" that various governments are implementing or have planned. Even if the laws currently on the books or
by bitwize 2mo ago
This wouldn't pass muster for the "age verification laws" that various governments are implementing or have planned. Even if the laws currently on the books or being proposed do not have the requirements, "KYC to touch a computer or communicate over the internet" is the goal. People are crying out for their children to be kept safe online, and the solution the government knows is a full auditable trail of who communicated what to whom when. This also nicely solves the problem of "anyone can set up a new online service", allowing the big players to entrench themselves...
- mikeysight 1mo agoInterestingly enough, many of the age verification laws passed recently in the states and EU explictly require or suggest anonymous or otherwise privacy-preserving technologies in their wording. I share a healthy dose of skepticism and cynicism around the ability of institutions to competently enact law and not to overstep, but I also believe that innovation drives legislation more than the inverse, and that if great tools exist that can address many or all of the core concerns around user friction and privacy, the law will be informed, shaped and clarified by those capabilities.