Age verification laws spreading across the US, UK, and EU use various methods to confirm age — some require government ID or face scans, while others use less invasive approaches. Privacy advocates including EFF have raised concerns that these systems can normalize ID checks and erode online anonymity, potentially enabling surveillance-like tracking. The post frames this as "ID surveillance," which reflects real concerns civil-liberties groups have documented, though the actual impact depends on how each law is implemented — some methods are more privacy-preserving than others. What's missing: supporters argue these laws protect children from harmful content, a tradeoff the post doesn't engage with.