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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The question is: can you trust your government tot anonimize your age?

@KingmaYpe @protonprivacy Or: can you trust your government not to hand over your data to a party that is less trustworthy?

Plus, nothing is ever 100% secure. The harder someone tries to sell me their service is safe, the less I believe them.

@mahryekuh @protonprivacy

Indeed. I think #yivi supports this correctly, but these questions remain. At least in NL I trust the government for this for now.

But only as long as they keep their data in NL.

@KingmaYpe @protonprivacy yes?
but also, scrutinise and hold accountable etc
@KingmaYpe @protonprivacy you can't trust the government. End of story.