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The argument against Digital ID
3 September 2026Age-gating inevitably requires some form of authoritative ID to implement.
This is why it's a very bad idea.
We all know that, based on mountains of hard evidence, it is almost impossible to build any kind of computer system conencted to the internet that is 100 percent hack-proof and secure.
This means that *any* identifying information presented for the purposes of establishing someone's age is at risk of being stolen and resold on the dark web.
That is simply not acceptable.
Forums are Down
Damn, why is it so hard to keep any reliable forum capability going these days?
I'll be working to get the forums up again but it seems that it might not be a simple task. The hosting company has obviously changed something but now it's up to me to try and get PHPBB working with their new configuration :-/
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