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		bigbadfeline 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why isn't online age verification just like showin... Why do you want the online process to be more secure than the one using physical IDs?

takinola 1 day ago [–]

Mostly because online process can scale a lot further and faster. An older cousin can only walk into a store to buy so much alcohol but a stolen token can be reused a million times in a second.

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