I have recently been asked by @panoptykon if it was possible to create an online age verification system that would not be a privacy nightmare.

I replied that yes, under certain assumptions, this is possible. And provided a rough sketch of such a system.

But privacy is not the only issue with systems like that:
https://rys.io/en/178.html

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Privacy of online age verification

I have recently been asked by the Panoptykon Foundation if it was possible to create an online age verification system that would not be a privacy nightmare. I replied that yes, under certain assumpti

Songs on the Security of Networks
@rysiek I tend to think there’s a pretty big hazard of people under 18 getting locked out of things for no actual reason beyond people being ‘careful’.

@lightspill that hazard extends way beyond just people under 18, and reasons for such exclusion extend way beyond "people being careful".

I dive a bit into that in the blogpost.