[tomalaci]

I think the problem bot vs real-person needs to be solved by the governments. Every government doing its own thing to tackle this wouldn't work, it would be great if they created an open-source project/standard that they implement. Alternative would be using bank accounts which is actually what Scandinavian countries do (e.g. in Sweden it is Bank ID) to verify that you are a real person.

All these methods of trying to recognize government ID pictures and etc. just seem very inefficient and not accurate enough for wide-spread use.

Unfortunately, not many governments are well-run to manage such solutions.

[teddyh]

What about the unbanked (i.e. people who don’t have bank accounts)?

And even if bank accounts were free, getting a bank account means accepting the terms and conditions written by the bank. Not to mention the laws and regulations regarding banking, which include sending your bank details to the US government, even if you are a European using a European bank.

[mik1998]

I would rather not have to send every crappy website on the internet my ID or bank account information.