Comment by bitwize

This wouldn't pass muster for the "age verification laws" that various governments are implementing or have planned. Even if the laws currently on the books or being proposed do not have the requirements, "KYC to touch a computer or communicate over the internet" is the goal. People are crying out for their children to be kept safe online, and the solution the government knows is a full auditable trail of who communicated what to whom when. This also nicely solves the problem of "anyone can set up a new online service", allowing the big players to entrench themselves...