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

#Privacy #AgeVerification #Web

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

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@rysiek Bit surprised by your assumption later in the piece that there was only on e-Id provider. I'd think that in an international context there'd need to be multiple acceptable providers. Perhaps even multiple providers for one person: e.g., government and bank(s).

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@edavies @panoptykon yeah, this was written in the Polish context. You're right of course, in the international context there would be many e-ID providers.