The Age-Checked Internet – or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Uploading My Passport
Ever fancied showing your passport to a website just to look at a meme of Michelangelo’s David?Welcome to 2025, where X (formerly Twitter, now a karaoke bar with extra paperwork) has decided that the path to safety is paved with selfies, ID scans, and a sprinkling of GDPR fairy dust. The pitch is noble: protect the children.The execution? About as elegant as asking a nightclub bouncer to guard a library.Data is “deleted in 30 days” (or whenever the next audit finishes, whichever comes later), regulators wag fingers about “purpose limitation,” and VPN providers rub their hands like Victorian shopkeepers on…
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