@dgregor79@sfba.social @Paulatics@mstdn.ca @pluralistic@mamot.fr We’ve all accepted that you need to show ID when purchasing alcohol or cigarettes. Proponents of age-based verification can simply point to this existing rule and say it’s being updated for the digital age. Excellent point, but I think there are two differences. 1️⃣ the OS is no more responsible for what you do in it, than the sidewalk is responsible for who walks across it into the shop. The OS is not the purveyor of the harmful substance. 2️⃣ there's a huge gap between "show ID" and "have your identity recorded" Edit: not sure about BC privacy laws now. Some bars won't admit a patron without storing an image of their ID. I thought we used to have laws saying it was illegal for a business to require storing non-essential PII. Maybe that 'non-essential" was the carveout for imaging IDs at bars, or maybe the law changed, or maybe I misunderstood in the first place.