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Re:The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate yo... by paulddraper on Thursday June 25, 2026 @07:17PM (#48680442)
The verification service would tie the token to the IP address/geolocation. It would also throttle the number of identifications, or expire old ones.

Yes, that can eventually be worked around, but not really that different than doing the verification today on someone else's device.

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Re:The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate yo... by Aurornis on Thursday June 25, 2026 @07:41PM (#48680631)
> The verification service would tie the token to the IP address

So I'm constantly grabbing new tokens from the government every time I go from work WiFi to my cellular internet to the train WiFi and then home?

Sounds like a fantastic point for capturing more tracking data.

> /geolocation.

Which means I have to send my geolocation data to apps to confirm I can use my token?

Don't want that either.

> It would also throttle the number of identifications,

And if I move around too much in one day or change networks too often, I'm unable to log into anything until tomorrow?

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Re:The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate yo... by Nursie on Thursday June 25, 2026 @10:04PM (#48681537)
> So I'm constantly grabbing new tokens from the government every time ...

Every time you set up an account, would generally be the idea. So relatively infrequently.

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Re:The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate yo... by paulddraper on Friday June 26, 2026 @03:13AM (#48683358)
> Which means I have to send my geolocation data to apps to confirm I can use my token?

No, you don't need to send it there.

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Re:The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate yo... by gruez on Thursday June 25, 2026 @07:30PM (#48680549)
>The verification service would tie the token to the IP address/geolocation

"Use this exact tor/vpn server"

>It would also throttle the number of identifications

So I can only wank off 5 times a day, or grant access to porn sites for 5 kids?

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