It’s not online age verification. It’s online identity verification.

Would you vote for that? Prove who you are to visit this website? Would you do it to access Hacker News? Your newspaper?

Didn’t think so.

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gblargg 16 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

It's turning using a computer into a privilege that can be revoked by the government at any time, for any reason.

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k33n 35 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

I want that. I'm tired of bots being half the internet traffic or more. It's driving the general public insane and anonymity on the internet has zero utility. If journalists need to send sensitive information, they'll always be able to use Tor.

	▲	DangitBobby 26 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I think there's plenty of utility. People can express opinions that they hold honestly but would fear social retribution for if it could be tied back to them publicly. For example, any political opinion that I hold that's modestly center or right of center I would not appreciate being attached to my name online since people are completely incapable of nuance or compartmentalization.