[JohnFen]

It's not the only way, but since the government already has lots of personal information about you, having them also do the ID thing means that I wouldn't need to expose myself to yet another company or otherwise expand my attack surface.

[jrvieira]

That's not how "attack surface" works. Having your information centralized is what makes you vulnerable.

[JohnFen]

My point is that my information is already centralized in one place. Giving that information to additional places increases the odds of that information being misused, so I'm not willing to do that. It increases my vulnerability.

[jrvieira]

You can verify that you're above a certain age while remaining anonymous by way of zero knowledge proof, for example. There is no need to involve a government in a transaction of information that is outside its scope.