From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it “age” verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we̵…
It is if it creates artificial and unnecessary barriers to opening a bank account or voting, and if those barriers are for the profit and benefit of a cooperation rather than The People.
That smells like a false dichotomy… but, I’m heading on to other things better to do with my time than to think up examples outside those two possibilities.
Fuck off.with that. These systems are evil
If the alternative is everyone gets identity theft, I prefer the cryptography solution
The problem is that it’s Evil even if it works “right”
It’s not evil for me to use State-issued crypto ID for auth when opening a bank account or paying taxes or voting.
It is if it creates artificial and unnecessary barriers to opening a bank account or voting, and if those barriers are for the profit and benefit of a cooperation rather than The People.
That’s debatable.
That smells like a false dichotomy… but, I’m heading on to other things better to do with my time than to think up examples outside those two possibilities.