this position assumes the surveillance state or megacorps would be satisfied with a zero knowledge proof based ID/age verification system, which is not at all obvious to me
meta could spend their billions lobbying for that, if they wanted to
edit: to be clear, I do think a government developed and maintained ZKP ID/age system is the best possible compromise, I just don't think we have any chance of getting it
It's a bait and switch that can be seen by even Ray Charles from a mile away. ZKP assurances is just part of the high-IQ "useful idiots" spreading buy in for the bait.
meta could spend their billions lobbying for that, if they wanted to
edit: to be clear, I do think a government developed and maintained ZKP ID/age system is the best possible compromise, I just don't think we have any chance of getting it