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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by nickthegreek on Monday January 29, 2024 @09:30AM (#39176643)
Not everyone has a credit card. Some people cannot obtain a credit card. People under the age of 18 can also have a credit card. I do not trust random sites with my credit card.
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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by thsksbd on Monday January 29, 2024 @12:15PM (#39178951)
So these are objections in practice, not principle. Important but consider:

- Most states give free IDs

- Your safety concern is addressed by other commenters here (see the verifying age anonymously)

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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by Tadpole9181 on Monday January 29, 2024 @01:43PM (#39180446)
How about this: I don't want every little thing I do on the internet tracked and tied to my real identity?

Is the CCP conducting a psyops on HN right now or something? Since when were we all for every tiny interaction you have on the internet requiring you to look in the scanner and say "My name is X and I love my government and McDonalds"?

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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by CaptainFever on Monday January 29, 2024 @02:20PM (#39181065)
HN seems to have become a lot more mainstream, in comparison to the old cyberlibertarian "privacy and piracy" days.
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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by Tadpole9181 on Monday January 29, 2024 @02:59PM (#39181621)
Where's the new hangout?
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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by djfdat on Monday January 29, 2024 @01:45PM (#39180492)
Gut check was that the "Most states give free IDs" statement wouldn't hold up. So I checked real quick.

"At least eight states issue free or discounted IDs to low-income or homeless residents and at least 10 states waive ID fees for seniors."

That's far from most states, and even then it comes with stipulations.

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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by nickthegreek on Monday January 29, 2024 @01:49PM (#39180554)
You changed the argument from credit card to government Id (an even worse idea imo).

You seem to want the law to be that I need to show ID to enter most internet establishments. I will never, ever, ever hold that opinion.

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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by averageRoyalty on Saturday February 03, 2024 @06:16AM (#39239297)
You understand the intenet isn't made up of US states, right?
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