Anne Roth8h ago

Die Unternehmen, die für die Plattformen die Altersverifizierung durchführen, sammeln mehr Daten als nötig wäre.

„Yoti “collects significant private information beyond what is strictly necessary to verify age” and that it “relies on sharing sensitive user information with several less user-visible fourth parties.”“

Das ist eins der zentralen Probleme der #SocialMediaVerbote und betrifft Erwachsene wie Minderjährige.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/after-discord-fiasco-age-check-tech-promises-privacy-by-running-locally-does-it-work/

Users hate it, but age-check tech is coming. Here's how it works.

On-device face scans and cross-platform age keys decrease privacy risks, but trust issues abound.

Ars Technica
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„Users can encrypt that data, a setting Yoti enables by default, but they can also turn that privacy-protecting feature off.

Researchers told Ars that the option is “purely performative” and does not stop Yoti from accessing the content of the data.“

Purely performative.

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