Since Brussels has decided that parents are no longer able to keep their children in check, everyone has to identify themselves. Well, prove their age, that is. I wonder what the implications are for Mastodon instances and what approach should be taken when registering users...

I mean, The app verifies age, but the app knows who you are, and for what site it is validating and therefore privacy is in some extend violated...

Or should 'we' use VPN?

#mastodon #agecheck

Another huge shitstorm thread from British security researchers on Twitter[^1] about how the reference implementation of #EUDigitalWallet #AgeCheck published on https://ageverification.dev is “insecure”, while ignoring the tiny details it’s a REFERENCE implementation whose documentation literally say:

Pre-configured hosted services that allow you to test the Age Verification App and its core components without the need for complex local setup.

A production version would be hooked up to a respective national id database and therefore require no selfies etc.[^2]

The funny part is that a national id database is something that we don’t have in the UK[^3] because we instead made a choice to use commercial services from a private company Experian for the same purpose 😁

Also, you can clearly see that #Brexit did not only happen thanks to some red necks, as it’s often portrayed - British elites are also have a strong knee jerk response to anything that comes from the EU and violated “established truths” of their generation, for example the axiom that anything designed by a shitty private company is 100x better than anything designed by the “government”. I would honestly expect better from the generation of people who had actually lots of interesting things to say about cryptography and computer security in the past.

[^1]: https://xcancel.com/Paul_Reviews/status/2044436001611801072?s=20

[^2]: https://ageverification.dev

[^3]: https://krvtz.net/en/posts/in-defense-of-the-national-id-and-digital-id.html

@EUCommission statement on the #EUDigitalWallet #AgeCheck mechanism that has been subject to tons of disinformation. I recommend the whole statement, but just will quote the critical fragment:

Our solution builds on zero-knowledge proof: this means that when users want to access an age-restricted service, you remain in full control of your data.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_26_820

I’ve written more about its technical details here:

https://krvtz.net/en/posts/eu-digital-wallet.html

With some statist quislings hacking #agecheck into #linux distros and #foss software.

Is there anyone coding a tool to identify all the binaries as compromised?
#infosec #privacy #dataleak

I've read today that #SamAltman owns an #agecheck company and wants to implement it to #gatekeep access to #ChatGpt ...

...if this is true, Sam will singlehandedly do more to retard adoption of #Ai than millions of Neo- #luddites fighting #aislop with memes and literal nonsense.

But, I guess in one respect SOME neo-luddites were right, get you addicted to offloading cognitive load, then #monetise it hard.

#Meta L#obbied To Create The New #AgeCheck #Laws #Privacy #Security #Surveillance #AgeIDCheck #MetalOutlaw #FollowTheMoney #yt

https://youtu.be/4KyiLyOxux8

Today, March 17th, the ECA Digital (read: mandatory age verification online) takes effect in Brazil.

Sad day.

#brazil #eff #privacy #ageCheck #ageAttestation #digitalrights #surveillance