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Comment by PeterStuer | original | Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance
[−]PeterStuer · 2026-07-02 Thu 06:56 UTC · link
Will they not just argue that you could share the assertion, and hence we need a 'trusted' verfication point to establish it is actually you in posession of the zkp token, right now. So turn on that smartphone camera right now and obediently follow our biometric verfication instructions ...
[−]sigbottle · 2026-07-02 Thu 07:01 UTC · link
Or even simpler - they can just claim to implement it but still store your data just because.

Doesn't seem like government is taking any steps here to try and regulate anything anymore. Possibly not ever again.

[−]Seattle3503 · 2026-07-02 Thu 07:35 UTC · link
Maybe, but we should force them to make that argument after we demonstrate age verification doesn't require identifying ourselves to every website. It would reveal they aren't seeking pragmatic solutions.