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illumanaughtyyesterday at 3:24 PM4 repliesview on HN

There's a high chance the government is attempting to influence public opinion by using botted comments, which is easier than ever to pull off.


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swoliosyesterday at 4:37 PM

Seems like these articles and the subsequent top replies saying

"use a token from the device so the ID never leaves, this is way better right!"

This is the true objective. They actually want DEVICE based ID.

I want LESS things that are tied to me financially and legally to be stolen when(not if) these services and my device are compromised.

co_king_5yesterday at 3:28 PM

This is what the LLMs are actually good for.

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EmbarrassedHelpyesterday at 7:12 PM

If you dig into the CEO of the The Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA), he has spent years going out of his way to spam pro-age verification propaganda across random sites like Techdirt and Michael Geist's blog.

Its not unreasonable to assume that he would seek to automate his bullshit.

See here for some examples:

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/08/26/who-would-benefit-from-c...

https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/10/senate-bill-would-grant-...

delusionalyesterday at 3:47 PM

Unless you live in North Korea, no there is not. This is pure conspiracy theory.

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