I was originally upset about AI age-identification, but I think this might be the least-bad option given the route we're on:

- clearly the wider public is moving towards REAL identification to be online. Anything which delays or prevents this is probably welcome.

- It's easy to game, but also easy to be misclassified. (this isn't a positive, but I think there's no avoiding this unless I have to provide my passport or driver's license or something)

It's not impossible to think that this could satisfy enough people to prevent the death of the anonymous internet.

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rchaud 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

> clearly the wider public is moving towards REAL identification to be online.

No they're not. Nobody voted for that. It is simply being imposed on people via government mandates.

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dcow 3 days ago | parent [-]

In most places people are the government. Nobody directly votes for laws. And you might be surprised if they did.

	▲	rchaud 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		In America, winning the most votes doesn't guarantee the power to form national government. There is no limit on opaque corporate donations, which can be masked via PACs, while individual citizens have strict limits and face jail time for exceeding them. And even if a majority vote was enough to form government, the so called will of the people can be overruled by an unelected judiciary with lifetime appointments. You're really stretching the definition of "people are the government".

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kevin_thibedeau 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It will be as effective as the Leisure Suit Larry age verification.