Age verification sounds reasonable until you realize it means every adult hands over their ID just to go online.

We wrote about why this is a terrible idea and what should happen instead.
https://proton.me/blog/keep-age-verification-from-killing-anonymity-online

We must keep age verification from killing anonymity online | Proton

Powerful forces are exploiting parents’ fears to strengthen their toxic business models. Here’s how we stop them.

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@protonprivacy terrible. No. No. No. The solution is much more simple: build in better patental control into operating systems. Allow parrents to better guard/configure devices or their minors such as setting the age and what kinds of content their kid may consume. There is absolutely no need for any ID, or facial scan by untustworthy parties and software.