That's why I said "Age Verification Authority stamp" versus age attestation. How long before tech giants are able to convince Congress that the only way to keep kids safe is for them to issue certificates following identity verification? It won't be long before Google phones won't let you install APKs easily without a dev certificate which requires submitting your information to Google. It's not farfetched to say. It's a wet dream for politicians that want to be able to track everyone everywhere, too. How long before motherboards can't be sold without it? How long before building your own PC isn't an option? It's already the norm for most hardware to have closed source code somewhere. That's generally accepted as something that's or worth working around except for the most dedicated of free software enthusiasts.

This is all super important shit. Blowing it off like "this is just tech illiteracy" doesn't do anyone any favors. We aren't going to be able to fight these things by laughing about it. With that mentality, an asteroid might be the only way to actually stop this shit from happening.

The trend in America is towards a conservative, puritanical, surveillance state. Flock cameras everywhere. Flock execs looking at children's gymnastics classes in my state, while they say it will help find missing children. Abusers saying it will stop abuse. My state passed a porn ban and has had heartbeat abortion bans. We're not going to get any wins by blowing this shit off and laughing about it. We're not going to beat this shit if everyone wants to laugh and think everything is a slippery slope fallacy or just a random bullshit comment.