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A personal reflection on online identity and age verification policies, exploring whether there are any internet services worth submitting to such requirements. The author, a privacy-conscious self-hoster, concludes the answer is essentially 'none' — for RSS, YouTube, Wikipedia, forums, and code forges, they have self-hosted or offline alternatives. The only real exception might be video conferencing tools like Teams or Zoom required by clients. The author still opposes these verification measures on principle, even while acknowledging they'd personally be largely unaffected due to their self-sufficient digital lifestyle.

I'm struggling to think of any online services for which I'd be willing to verify my identity or age