Age verification laws force identity attribution

Age verification is a Trojan horse for automated state surveillance and the systematic elimination of online anonymity.

* Linking digital personas to physical credentials solves the government's hardest investigative challenge of identity attribution.

* Automation of identity-to-account mapping turns targeted law enforcement actions into frictionless, mass-scale policing of speech.

* The recommendation of Monero for age verification bypasses shows a growing reliance on cryptocurrency to maintain basic privacy rights.