Michael J BurgessUnder-16 Online Safety Debate
The UK’s under 16 social media ban raises serious concerns about child safety, age checks, digital ID, privacy, data breaches, and online freedom.
Analyst207Zero-Knowledge Proofs Evolve to Bypass Age-Verification Checks
As the digital landscape continues to shift, it's only a matter of time before you'll have to face the music - and the cameras - when it comes to age verification checks. But what's really behind these on-camera checks: protecting kids or creating a way for governments to control access to online platforms?
#AgeVerification #ZeroknowledgeProofs #Deanonymization #OnlinePrivacy #DigitalRights
Linus GasserFor our #eID work with @cdengler and Clement Humbert we created a reading list with several presentations of our sources related to #ZeroKnowledgeProofs. You can either look at it on github:
https://eid-privacy.github.io/wp2/2026/04/22/zkp-vault.html
Or download it and open it with Obsidian to browse around. Of course we'd be very happy if you create a PR with your preferred paper on ZKPs!
#DigitalTrust #Privacy #Cryptography #eID #EPFL #C4DT #DigitalIdentity #Innovation #swisstech
Reading list for ZKP algorithms and implementations
Are you looking into various Zero Knowledge Proof algorithm and tools? Do you wonder which ones are the most relevant algorithms and implementations? What are the differences between the different approaches? Then you found the right blog entry! This is an introduction to the ZKP Vault page - you’ll find information how to view it locally, and how to add new information under local usage.
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HackerNoonZero-knowledge age verification enables platforms to confirm age eligibility without collecting personal data. Learn about Beldex's research in this direction. https://hackernoon.com/why-digital-identity-systems-need-zero-knowledge-age-verification #zeroknowledgeproofs
Andreas BeckerGoogle Quantum AI publiziert ein Whitepaper zur verringerten Qubit-Anforderung für das Knacken elliptischer Kurvenkryptografie. Die Offenlegung der Schwachstelle für Kryptowährungen erfolgt über Zero-Knowledge-Proofs, um konkrete Angriffsvektoren zu verbergen. Die Forschung mahnt Entwickler zum raschen Wechsel auf Post-Quantum-Standards.
#GoogleResearch #QuantumComputing #Kryptografie #ZeroKnowledgeProofs #News
https://www.all-ai.de/news/beitrage2026/google-quantum-krypto
Matt Simpson"Privacy commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive data from Canadian children" https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tiktok-privacy-commissioners-1.7640974
My thoughts on this quote: "Youth may be less aware of privacy risks, and susceptible to the techniques used to capture their attention, induce them to disclose certain information or adopt certain purchasing behaviours"
Ugh. I wish it were just youth... I think the more accurate statement is this:
The majority of people of all ages are not aware of privacy risks and are susceptible to techniques used to capture their attention.
#privacy #privacymatters #PrivacyIsARight #canpoli #tiktok #zeroknowledgeproofs
Techdirt [Unofficial]Privacy‑Preserving Age Verification Falls Apart On Contact With Reality
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial]Aug 14, 2025Pluralistic: "Privacy preserving age verification" is bullshit (14 Aug 2025)
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/14/bellovin/
BGDon 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 👨💻Vitalik Buterin suggests that Ethereum
will be ready for the on slot of quantum computing suggesting a quantum machine could break blockchain cryptography between 2030 and 2035. The Ethereum Foundation is working to integrate zkEVM ( Zero-Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine) within layer 1, within twelve months.
https://www.cointribune.com/en/vitalik-buterin-is-convinced-ethereum-will-survive-the-quantum-era/ #Crypto #Ethereum #Buterin #CryptoSecurity #QuantumComputing #ETH #ZeroKnowledgeProofs #zkp
