<![CDATA[How should we resist age verification?]]>How should we resist age verification?

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'We spent a generation teaching people the first rule of the internet: never give out your real identity to strangers. We have a word, doxxing, for inflicting that exposure on someone against their will. And now the same governments and platforms are asking every citizen to do it to themselves, voluntarily, as a condition of logging in.'

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/2b186199-68f2-4362-a196-e8a5bbddf0d9/how-should-we-resist-age-verificationRSS for NodeMon, 13 Jul 2026 03:07:42 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2026 20:32:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How should we resist age verification? on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:35:32 GMT]]>@phil_stevens @leighelse
What if I already have a different 'birthday' for every website that requires one?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/dec23k/statuses/116799211570725582https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/dec23k/statuses/116799211570725582Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:35:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How should we resist age verification? on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:36:07 GMT]]>@leighelse I've given out my real identity since my first BBS in 1982, nothing bad has ever happened.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friendica.eskimo.com/objects/a0ad54dd-166a-39e3-07bc-53d843158383https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friendica.eskimo.com/objects/a0ad54dd-166a-39e3-07bc-53d843158383Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:36:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How should we resist age verification? on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:55:48 GMT]]>@leighelse The Unix unsigned 32-bit integer to track elapsed time starts at January 1 1970, so we can make a case for that being the birthday of the internet. And since anyone's online presence is an emergent property of the technology, we all share the same birthday.

1970-01-01

Tell your family and friends.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/phil_stevens/statuses/116795988296670309https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/phil_stevens/statuses/116795988296670309Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:55:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How should we resist age verification? on Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:51:31 GMT]]>@leighelse https://mastodon.nz/@leighelse/116795658890383003
Unfortunately, the best defense to that is turning your back to the internet, or at least those sites that want to blackmail you with those demands. If everyone does that, they will move away from that as it impacts on their profits. Govts will face a backlash because people will stop interacting with them and it will become to costly to chase after them (and collect the tax).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/Scubyw/statuses/116795735519708652https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/Scubyw/statuses/116795735519708652Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:51:31 GMT