--- title: I'm struggling to think of any online services for which... description: A personal reflection on online identity and age verification policies, exploring whether there are any internet services worth submitting to such... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-struggling-to-think-of-any-online-services-for-which-i-d-be-willing-to-verify-my-identity-or-age-avqvjpehc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I'm struggling to think of any online services for which I'd be willing to verify my identity or age | daily.dev og:description: A personal reflection on online identity and age verification policies, exploring whether there are any internet services worth submitting to such... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-struggling-to-think-of-any-online-services-for-which-i-d-be-willing-to-verify-my-identity-or-age-avqvjpehc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/AVQvJpEhC.png og:image:alt: I'm struggling to think of any online services for which I'd be willing to verify my identity or age og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I'm struggling to think of any online services for which I'd be willing to verify my identity or age **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal reflection on online identity and age verification policies, exploring whether there are any internet services worth submitting to such requirements. The author, a privacy-conscious self-hoster, concludes the answer is essentially 'none' — for RSS, YouTube, Wikipedia, forums, and code forges, they have self-hosted or offline alternatives. The only real exception might be video conferencing tools like Teams or Zoom required by clients. The author still opposes these verification measures on principle, even while acknowledging they'd personally be largely unaffected due to their self-sufficient digital lifestyle. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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