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Do the people living there actually want this? Seems a bit over the top.
In all likelihood, they do not. The politicians are pandering to a certain holier-than-thou-always-in-your-business group with no regard to the consequences. Kids have always been good with technology, and the Internet is a big place. So, it doesn’t stop their access. Hell, some of the teens dm nude selfies to each other. Which creates a new set of problems with how they can caught in the CP/CSAM laws, but I digress.
This opens a whole host of problems:
- There’s sites collecting and holding on to that data. I’m sure they’ll never get hacked or the data will never get stolen by an insider.
- Phishing sites will pop up. Yes, please enter your driver’s license, social, or credit card number to this totally legitimate site.
- There’s sites taking that information and associating it with an advertising profile. They shouldn’t be allowed to do that, but putting a real name to a profile is just gold. I could see less savory sites doing this.
- They may also auto-bill people if they used a credit card for verification. Again it’s not allowed, but less savory actors and all that.
- Finally, there’s the cost and potential liability to the sites themselves.
But that holier-than-thou group sees all these as features and not bugs.