Surveillance apparatus aside, the fact that these identity verification processes are usually contracted to 3rd party vendors who can’t properly secure an s3 bucket is the most infuriating part.

Nice to see someone taking a principled stand with their reasoning clearly explained.

I am in full agreement with them and will not be using any sites that ask me for ID. However I do feel that getting enough people to refuse at a scale that would make platforms act is sadly rather unlikely.