Age checks could turn internet into an ID checkpoint, complains Proton CEO

Proton CEO Andy Yen warns that proposed mandatory age-verification systems risk turning the web from anonymous to identity-checked, concentrating sensitive ID data and increasing the potential for large-scale breaches; he advocates for privacy-preserving, on-device verification and open-source approaches, and the article cites recent incidents (e.g., Discord's third-party vendor breach exposing ID photos) as evidence of the risks.