CookieRevised,
We can debate whether such an ID card is a good idea or not, but you are clearly mistaken (or using your own personal definition of anonymity) here:
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you need to insert your internet ID card in the slot attached to your commputer. When the chatroom has verified that you are underage (or whatever) you can access it, still anonymously!
There is nothing "anonymous" about that. The site has verified a government issued ID. It knows who you are and probably has logged that information. It may not necessarily display this information to other users, but your access is
absolutely, positively not anonymous.
This may be appropriate for banking, online voting and similar uses, but has potential for grave consequences for your privacy if it ever became ubiquitous and used as a "universal logon" solution in the more casual areas of the Internet.
