[sacrosanct]

The tech savvy will just use VPNs to get around geo-politics such as this, at least a VPN should work in theory to get around verification measures by the Irish State. This advice has been echoed countless times when this issue crops up.

One concern is that there are tech-illiterate people who fall victim of such an ID system and don't use a VPN to bypass it. I don't have numbers/stats, but I imagine a good chunk won't be using VPNs.

There is also another concern I have; that this verification database could be breached and people's 'preferences' are exposed. The only way to avoid such a breach is to not collect such data in the first place.

[Nifty3929]

I'm genuinely worried that increased adoption of VPNs to get around these restrictions will then lead to laws that ban or restrict VPN use.

You can tell me that it will be difficult to enforce such a ban - but then it turns us all into criminals - all the better to control us.

"We don't normally enforce this law, but in your case we'll make an exception."

[cynicalsecurity]

So, we are going to become China then. Under the pretence of caring for children. Thanks, but no. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. And I'm not even sure if those intentions were really good in this case or this all is just an evil pretence.