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Re:Finland to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with ban o... by quotemstr on Saturday January 31, 2026 @03:39PM (#46840577)
You can tell these proposals are made in bad faith because we can do age verification in an anonymous way using zero-knowledge proofs but regulators demand linkable IDs instead.

It's not about protecting the kids. It's about managing the public's information diet. The latter is not a legitimate function of any state.

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Re:Finland to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with ban o... by ozgung on Saturday January 31, 2026 @07:15PM (#46842296)
The goal is to ban anonymous internet for everyone. You won't be able to post anything without verifying your id. All these similar efforts in different countries seem coordinated and synchronous, suddenly after 35 years since the advent of the web.
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Re:Finland to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with ban o... by sensanaty on Sunday February 01, 2026 @07:33AM (#46845780)
In the Netherlands we already have zero-knowledge ID verification through DigID, I'd be amazed if the Nordics didn't have the same system available to its citizens.
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Re:Finland to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with ban o... by sigwinch on Sunday February 01, 2026 @09:24AM (#46846422)
However that’s not anonymous. Ministry of Interior is alerted with your identity each time you use it.
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