Critique of Identity and Age Verification Requirements for Online Services
By
speckx
2mo ago· 4 min readenOpinion
75/100
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Summary
The article critiques the growing trend of identity and age verification requirements for online services, arguing that most proposals lack clear problem definition and fail to consider broader sociological implications. The author expresses skepticism about the value of such verification systems and questions whether there are any online services worth the privacy trade-off of identity verification.
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· 4 pulledIdentity verification and age verification is an increasingly common policy conversation at the moment, in numerous countries.
I have yet to see a well-considered proposal.
Worse, the question that they are trying answer is rarely stated clearly and concisely.
And it is unusual to see any consideration of broader sociological issues, let alone an emphasis on this, with a focus instead on perceived 'quick' solutions.
Identity verification and age verification is an increasinly common policy conversation at the moment, in numerous countries.
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