Matthew GreenThe move to add “age verification” to websites at the state level is pretty worrying, and is functionally pretty close to a complete ban on certain sites.
There’s a world where phone manufacturers store your ID and generate fancy zero-knowledge proofs to satisfy age verification requirements, but I’m not convinced putting Apple and Google in charge of more important things is the way our society should go.
I don’t think these bans are going to take porn off the Internet (lol) but I’m worried about what these laws get used for *after* they’re tested and allowed by the courts. I think that’s going to be very unpleasant.
mcc@matthew_d_green It seems to me linking every single website access (or internet-connected-app usage, inevitably) to a legal identity in a way that is transparent to governments is not just the inevitable end result, but the long-term goal to begin with.