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Very straightforward with existing primitives. Use Login.gov to attest about age range to consuming service as Apple does today. I don’t think there is will to implement this at Login.gov at the moment though.

If you have a Social Security or CBP account for TSA Precheck or Global Entry, you have this account today. IRS will eventually adopt when stronger remote identity proofing requirements have been met, replacing id.me. Important context because it means it’ll cover everyone 18+ in the US eventually.

https://www.login.gov/what-is-login/

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125662

(Login.gov also supports state use cases as of 2024)

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Sadly, ID.me is being adopted instead of Login.gov in more and more agencies.

https://www.treasurydirect.gov/savings-bonds/idme-one-month/

The people behind Login.gov were “deleted” in February 2025 per DOGE’s leader at the time.

The current U.S. government would prefer to privatize it, not expand socialist federal programs.

Current administration only has ~900 days left, midterms approach, ~2M voters 55+ age out every year. Perhaps not now, but the capability exists for the future. Pendulum will swing back eventually. Silver lining is there are going to be lifetimes of work ahead for those who come back to fix what was broken during this time window on the timeline. This too shall pass. Speedbumps happen.

NY Times: The Race for Congress: Latest 2026 Polls - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/congressional-vote...

Democratic socialists top MAGA candidates among voters in CNBC’s All-America poll - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/democratic-socialists-top-ma... - July 17, 2026

(think in systems, "skate to where the puck is going, not to where it is")

So wait, you're looking forward to the Grump catastrophe being over, not to have a break from an overtly malevolent government that actively hates our civil liberties, not so we can rebuild our burnt out husks of societal institutions, but rather as an opportunity to implement stronger and more frequent ID checks on individuals ? This both sides authoritarian ratchet dynamic is a large part of why the destructionists wanted to burn it all down in the first place!

No, I'm looking forward to the opportunity to once again invest in and protect public goods that benefit us all broadly, without an opinion on implementing age verification as a capability in the login.gov idp.

How does this relate to socialist programs? Any sufficiently large org basically ends up looking the same way.