On 5/7/2011 19:56, Jim Henderson wrote:
> or not (like buy cigarettes or alcohol), having your identity verified

No, that's my point. You only have to prove how old you are, not who you are.

Now, in practice, there isn't really any ID that can prove how old you are 
without also saying who you are, but there's no theoretical reason there 
couldn't be an ID that gives your age and your photo without your name. And 
for this sort of thing, people check your ID but don't record who you are, 
so it's pretty much the same thing.

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