@nixCraft utterly pointless because anyone can lie about their age.

But then I guess that’s the point. First they make us lie about it. Then they say “too many people are lying about their age so we have to do ID checks” and then it’s “we need to tie the ID check to everything you do online”

Meanwhile the actual crooks have run rings round the whole system and stolen someone else’s identity.

Result: everyone is less safe but “something was done about the kids looking at pron”