Talya (she/her) πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈβœ‘οΈ @Yuvalne@433.world
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@daliasCassandrich @edwiebe @divVerent @Em0nM4stodonEm :official_verified:
while that's true, it is possible to make such an attestation without destroying privacy (see soatok.blog/2025/07/31/age-ver).
however, even if you do that, it'll still be morally wrong in most cases.

and also, corporations are deliberately not going for the private solution, and governments are shifting the blame to users. the Czech government recently admitted social media is already illegal for teens (due to privacy laws), but they want new laws anyway.

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Cassandrich @dalias@hachyderm.io
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@YuvalneTalya (she/her) πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈβœ‘οΈ @edwiebe @divVerent @Em0nM4stodonEm :official_verified: No, it is not possible. The ZPK bs is privacy-washing designed to bamboozle policy makers and privacy activists who don't understand math. Either it doesn't actually verify age (I can setup a proxy to hand out age proof verification tokens to anyone who wants them using my identity; I would absolutely do that if it were cryptographically safe) or something exposes to the token providing authority that I'm doing this and allows detection that someone else used my identity (thereby violating my privacy).

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