Lately, a new law just passed to force porn websites to check the age of visitors. I would have been fine with an authentication going through France Connect:
- the gov knows which website you went to, just like your DNS provider would, but it doesn't which content - and the website knows which content you've watched but not who's watching.
Best of both worlds!
But no, we have to send a copy of our ID card to the website, which is INSANE because the website knows WHO you are and WHAT you're watching.
Going further, how might this effect folks having “freedom is more important than safety” beliefs, given they reside in areas more likely to deny civil liberties-ish rights in the name of family values-ish rights, when this starts to really hit them where it hurts? Everything they do or say online becomes traceable to them, for a notoriously vocal-on-social media set.