Hyeeyoung Kim and Brenna Edwards This blog post is based on a presentation at BitCurator Forum on June 17, 2026.  Have you ever been asked one of the following:  How many items have you i…

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From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...