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> a third party IdP provide the site with a trustworthy claim that the user is an adult Then the Identity Provider would have information about personal identi
by mdp2021 3y ago
> a third party IdP provide the site with a trustworthy claim that the user is an adult
Then the Identity Provider would have information about personal identity (to verify age) and information about who is requesting it. This is still www access without privacy.
> too quick to claim victory
What are you talking about. There are good reasons to guess that readers may be generally reading these as ghastly news, far from any sense of "victory".
- londons_explore 3y agoThe identity provider could be one the user already has given their info to... For example, the government.
- ulrikrasmussen 3y agoBut now the government will know all the service providers that the user is accessing, including Wikipedia, but also porn sites.
- londons_explore 3y agoThere could be another intermediary who hides the site name from the government, but who doesn't see the users ID.
- User20233201 3y agoDo trust the intermediary does not collude with the government?
- mdp2021 3y agoSaid users have certainly not allowed any government to peek into their privacy.