>You require a human to identity proof in real life and bind that to a digital identity

That's going to be a no from me, dawg. I'm sympathetic to ID checks like if you're buying beer or whatever, but not linking my real life identity to discord or whatever.

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dark-star 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You have to show ID to buy beer?

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subscribed 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If you aren't obviously adult then yeah. Where do you live so there are no laws on selling the alcohol to children?

	▲	notpushkin 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There are laws, but in many countries they are not strictly enforced. In Japan, buying beer in the self checkout lane will just give you an “are you over 20?” prompt, no verification: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46227987

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michaelt 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Store doesn't get to photograph your ID, share it with 548 of their advertising partners, and leak it to 7 different hacker groups.

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toomuchtodo 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not my call, it’ll be the law of the land. Some may leave, but most won’t, and that’s good enough for corporate and enterprise value purposes.

Pornhub is fighting state age verification and keeps losing state by state, for example.

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wileydragonfly 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Why should anyone inclined to want to buy beer have to show ID to do it?

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chrysoprace 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't know how it works where you live, but in many jurisdictions around the world (including the one I live in), you have to provide ID to prove that you're of drinking age.

	▲	usefulposter 28 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I don't know how this false equivalency keeps coming up on HN, but see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46983668.

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toomuchtodo 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Because you’re required to in all 50 states to prove you’re over 21.

	▲	coldpie 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't think that's true? Rather, stores must not sell to anyone under 21. I'm almost 40 and rarely get carded these days.