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Let's pretend that age verification is a valid need -- is there a way using cryptographic approaches to viably allow an end user to prove that they meet the cri
by pstuart 8mo ago
Let's pretend that age verification is a valid need -- is there a way using cryptographic approaches to viably allow an end user to prove that they meet the criteria without sharing other data that they don't want third parties to have access to?
- mctt 8mo agoYes, and it is very easy. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46223051 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46223051 "Flash a driver's license at a liquor store to buy a single-use token" And to save a debate, you can swap the phrase "liquor store" for "store" aka supermarket/grocery store.
- egorfine 8mo agoIf that was a valid need, it would be solved entirely differently. ZK algorithms are a complete and privacy-preserving solution to that problem. I find it impossible to believe that age verification services are rolled out for what they say they are.
- Bender 8mo agoIn my opinion that is just mathematical obfuscation. They will not be able to resist the urge to have a random looking token that through some obscure process can be mapped back to a person. If not at first, it will appear in some update after people stop talking about it. Discord knows what people are talking about.
- skitter 8mo agoI don't understand – what's the point of not collecting mass amounts of personal identity documents and face scans and linking them to online identities?