Age checks aren't about kids, the essay argues — they're a switch for attributing speech (nonogra.ph)
The essay reframes 'protect the children' as plumbing for prosecution: law enforcement needs what-happened plus who-did-it, and identity-bound accounts automate the second half. Its advice is sparse — refuse to verify; if forced, pay an age service in Monero.
The harshest pushback was tactical, not ideological. A high-karma engineer called the crypto answer an unscalable dodge: the only fix is calling your representatives, and 'the only group competent enough to oppose identity verification has its head in the sand.'
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