Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for privacy. But between setting up the birthdate when creating my children’s local account on their computers, and having to send a copy of their ID to every platform under the sun, I’d easily chose the former.
I’d even agree to a simple protocol (HTTP X-Over-18 / X-Over-21 headers?) to that.
Imagine a hacker who’s also coincidently a pedo Now we all know hackers can easily coincidently access webcams Now we all know atleast a few kids with laptops or computers left on quite a lot, note with a convenient little flag telling everyone online they’re underaged Now we all know companies are corrupt and target children (look at any cartoon channel there’s so many toy ads!) Little Timmy wants the 99$ toy that everyone has because marketing is making him develop fomo!
It will start with age and that’s pretty bad but who’s to say it will stop there? This isn’t actually about children (while it will put them into some pretty big risks) it’s actually about more control of the population. More control to companies to advertise and push their products to you and to transfer wealth even faster than before. They want no anons they want your every thought. It’ll start with your age and in the end you’re social security.