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155 sats \ 7 replies \ @Scoresby 20h \ on: The age-gated internet is here privacy
The age-verified internet is a kyc'd internet.
Just as mixers are now considered criminal enterprises only used by evil people, vpns will be considered "identity launderers" and the people who use them will be criminals.
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102 sats \ 6 replies \ @optimism OP 20h
Welp. Guess I'm going to be non-compliant with 2/2 then.
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100 sats \ 5 replies \ @Scoresby 20h
Maybe it will actually lead to a much stronger offshore VPN industry like banking. Or something like flag of convenience identities.
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102 sats \ 4 replies \ @optimism OP 20h
The most comprehensive review of Google's longfellow-zk implementation I mentioned on your thread earlier this month would be https://news.dyne.org/longfellow-zero-knowledge-google-zk/ 1
It basically allows you to zero-knowledge prove your age if you are in posession of a digital ID in MDOC format, signed by an authority - like your state government.
I think the main issue here is that all these states that are pushing this, including the European ones, do not yet have the tech deployed to make the ID-side real, not even the standardized digital ID without the ZKP, but are restricting these sites early to score points. (i.e. make the current thing real to get re-elected.)
It's an extreme disservice to the public, but the public won't know until they find out about all the defaulted mortgages in their name and then they gotta pay up.
s Is the hardworking individual too big to fail too? /s

Footnotes

  1. The author is a fellow cypherpunk frequently seen at freedomtech / privacy conferences and the current lead of the W3C Security IG ↩
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100 sats \ 3 replies \ @Scoresby 20h
Do you think states like those in the US or in EU are capable of implementing digital ID systems without massive failures (leaks, rampant identity theft, abuses by people who gain access to databases, etc)?
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117 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism OP 19h
As someone that has actually designed and provisioned massive secure cryptographic systems irl that you're likely to have used many times in your life... Sure!
They just need good help but their RFP process is going to make them get cheap help and that's why they always fuck up.
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 19h
I find that reassuring. I'd still rather not have such a system, nor base my access to the internet on it working correctly.
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