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I strongly oppose any form of "age verification" involving uploading your ID. That's just asking for a data breach.

There are options that don't involve any ID uploads whatsoever.



That's not what this user was talking about.

For example, with a German ID you can provide proof that you are older than 18 without giving up any identifying information. I mean, nobody uses this system at the moment, but it does exist and it works.


Does the German ID system know what you are trying to access? Based on the requestor.




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