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.

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-...

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