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What's wrong with EU age verification? Nothing

https://blog.vrypan.net/2026/06/29/260629-whats-wrong-with-eu-age-verification/
3•Zababa•1h ago

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Zababa•1h ago
The article says the website doesn't need to know your date of birth, that the state will issue you a certificate once you're over 18. Since many people I think will do that as soon as they can, it's easy then to see patterns of "this person created an account on age restricted websites with the same email address, they didn't have one before, therefore they probably just turned 18".

I find it also sad (and maybe a bit suspicious) to see someone that has blogged since 2003 use AI to generate blog articles, especially for a controversial law that has been pushed again and again in undemocratic ways.

throw310822•44m ago
Can you explain better what do you think the issue is? Btw, date of birth is one of those informations that is asked endlessly by all sorts of websites and services, and revealed by all sorts of calendars, birthday greetings and cards. It's probably one of the least private things about anyone and the easiest to obtain by any motivated party.

The real concern about age verification is that I don't want any party (the one that requires it or the authority that provides it) to track my identity or my usage of it. As outlined the system seems to work fine.

jjgreen•34m ago
Sad indeed; AI is cultural Alzheimer's.

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