FOSS is targeted as well https://www.biometricupdate.com/202602/colorado-moves-age-checks-from-websites-to-operating-systems
I think there is value in the concept of a government-operated “social media” website that’s open for public comment on laws, policies, etc, and requires proof of occupancy in order to participate.
But government “identity verification” to participate on the internet at large is tyranny.
Along those lines, there’s no technical reason we need representative governments anymore either. The reason representation was necessary was because it was clearly impractical for multiple reasons for all citizens to travel to the same place, debate the merits of proposed legislation, and vote on implementation. The internet solves those problems. The system hasn’t changed because we’re coasting on institutional momentum.
Now, that is not to say that I trust any current government to implement such a system in a fair and impartial manner. However, all the technology needed to do so has existed for a long time now. The only things stopping us are entrenched power structures and a lack of imagination.
When you go to a bar, the bouncer checks your ID and determines your age. He will not remember your name. He will not inform the government you are at the bar. He will not write down who you met with or talked to. We as a society trust he will not do these things. You are still anonymous from the perspective of the bouncer.
If humans really truely tried I am sure we could design a transparent system for verifying age or human-ness that we (tech paranoid Lemmings) could trust, but it doesn’t seem like governments even want to try. They just want to track people.
AI engagement will be the death of the internet and democracy if we cannot stop it. We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology.
their intention is not to verify your age. Their intention is to eliminate all opponents and send them to jail, oppress him etc. Everything else is just a lie and excuse. That is why you cant trust governments. You can not trust them! if even they are today honest, we can not guarantee they will not on spy us tomorrow
Reddit never would have happened without the anonymity.
facebook requiring real names was about were I was like. Forget this. I never liked it that much to begin with and that tore it. It was about the time my sister started taggin family and its like. don’t do that.
