alt Hacker NewsIt’s not online age verification. It’s online identity verification.
Would you vote for that? Prove who you are to visit this website? Would you do it to access Hacker News? Your newspaper?
Didn’t think so.
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k33n • yesterday at 9:26 PM
I want that. I'm tired of bots being half the internet traffic or more. It's driving the general public insane and anonymity on the internet has zero utility. If journalists need to send sensitive information, they'll always be able to use Tor.
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It's turning using a computer into a privilege that can be revoked by the government at any time, for any reason.