I’m reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services
Identity verification and age verification is an increasinly common policy conversation at the moment, in numerous countries. Often, this is in combination with proposals to ban children from varying concepts of “social media”, which generally means that everyone would have to prove that they were not a child. I have yet to see a well-considered proposal. Worse, the question that they are trying answer is rarely stated clearly and concisely. And it is unusual to see any consideration of broader sociological issues, let alone an emphasis on this, with a focus instead on perceived “quick win” technosolutionism. But anyway… I was pondering last night for which services I, personally, would actually be willing to verify my age or identity. And… the answer is “none”. At least,…
