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@nini@oldbytes.space

2026-05-01 08:46 UTC

@miaholte @protonprivacy Physical presence helps a lot in preventing sales to the underage, nobody's retaining your photo ID if they do ask. Digitally though, everyone is subject to having their photo ID kept on file by a third party to prove their age and that info can and has been stolen. There's a definite high likelihood of there being mission creep, more things being subject to age verification and all of it puts everyone at risk and increases the risks to the underage by flagging them as underage.

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  • @miaholte@snabelen.no 2026-05-01 21:15

    @nini @protonprivacy I agree that age verification digitally is high risk. That’s why I’m leaning towards age restrictions on smart phones. Restrictions on hardware, not software. Let them use «dumb» phones until a certain age, and we skip the id check on each app.

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