I have recently been asked by the nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq08na9s3xwtpnra2ywymt4ugx9kpa5cpuyjnkpjy9q3vkak5m3cpq0tff2s (nprofile…ff2s) 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
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
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2025-04-24 21:34:16 UTC
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