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egorfine • today at 3:35 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

> I'm generally okay with "how old are you?"

It's a foot in the door. Once this question exists, the next logical one is "prove it".


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someonebaggy • today at 3:47 PM

Ok but my phone already asks me for my name, isn't that bad too?

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ajsnigrutin • today at 3:47 PM

Same with digital IDs (for example the EU one), where you'll have to install it to provide a "zero knowledge" proof today, and since you already have everything in your phone, it'll be easy to implement the "real name" policy when registering/commenting/etc.

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