Identity verification remains unsolved and likely will remain that way. Any attempts at improvement are authoritarian. And the status quo leave massive room for circumvention.

Personally, I grew up in an era before there was any expectation of validation, and enjoyed the anonymity of message boards and forums. But when people are posting blatantly illegal activity online, I can see the appeal for more validation. Just makes me sad.

Which makes one wonder how much of the illegal activities are by people who really are interested in engaging in that illegal activity and how much of it is from those who see it as a means to destroy anonymity online.