They sell it as wanting to protect children, but what they really want is to be able to track everything you do on your device, because the verification will happen at the OS level.

It’s something that sounds sensible at first. Of course it would be great to be able to prevent children from going certain places online and interacting with predators.

But what’s actually happening is everyone is sacrificing their right to privacy for pretty much nothing, because anyone determined enough can get around any safety measure. And both kids and criminals excel at creativity getting around blocks.

Not to mention that a lot of the verification happens through private companies, who shouldn’t be trusted with it.