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by 2OEH8eoCRo0 2 days ago
Implementation detail. Fine companies that allow minors access and they'll find a way to verify age by themselves.

For liquor for example I don't think the govt actually specifies that you shall check ID they specify that you shall not sell to minors.
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foltik 2 days ago
> they'll find a way to verify age by themselves.

Yeah, by outsourcing it to some shady company that sells all your private info to the lowest bidder. See Discord for example.

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2OEH8eoCRo0 2 days ago
Don't use the site then? Or sites can compete on which age verifies in the least shitty way?

I think we have been stuck in this way of life so long we can't imagine an alternative.

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foltik 2 days ago
Classic. So tell me how I can just not deal with the credit bureaus? Or tax filing companies? Or any site that sells my data to adtech, without totally secluding myself from the modern web? Where’s the supposed competition?

What you’re saying is functionally equivalent to “just deal with it,” since ultimately people will choose to have their privacy violated over the lifelong Sisyphean task of trying to avoid all of that. That doesn’t mean people don’t care about privacy, it’s just the current equilibrium in our broken system.

> I think we have been stuck in this way of life so long we can't imagine an alternative.

I agree.

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pbgcp2026 2 days ago
> the credit bureaus? >> Do NOT buy on credit. Close your CCs. Use Debit cards, Wise/Revolut or BC wallet. > Or tax filing companies? >> Do self assessment? Go and see actual CPA personally?
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