Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance
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Re: Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance
#2We need "How to talk to your legislators about zero-knowledge proofs".
Re: Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance
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Re: Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance
#4What's the point of giving a single point of information about yourself to a single website, when all the websites you visit use the same trackers (from Google for example) only to merge these data points together and sell them as a package.
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#5[2025]
Yes, but it's never been more important than now. Also, I did not have enough chars for an HN title.
Re: Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance
#6We need "How to talk to your legislators about zero-knowledge proofs".
Not really any point since US legislators aren't motivated by the interests of regular people.
Re: Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance
#7We need "How to talk to your legislators about zero-knowledge proofs".
Not really any point since US legislators aren't motivated by the interests of regular people.
Yes, they are not.
> Today, we open sourced our Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) libraries, fulfilling a promise and building on our partnership with Sparkasse to support EU age assurance.
Re: Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance
#8We need "How to talk to your legislators about zero-knowledge proofs".
"Dont do age assurance, ever"
Done.
Re: Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance
#9What's the point of giving a single point of information about yourself to a single website, when all the websites you visit use the same trackers (from Google for example) only to merge these data points together and sell them as a package.
Because of the principle of least privilege: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_privilege
All current age verification measures open up a torrent of attack vectors on user PII and privacy. Limiting the number of entities that are able to access data is one of the best ways to prevent it's leak or abuse. Don't let perfection be the enemy of good.
But therein lies the fundamental problem with surveillance capitalism. Until the sale of personal data/metadata is outlawed, the practice of targeting content based on an individuals personal data/metadata is outlawed, there is a highly punitive cost for violations and leaks that make storage outside core business functionality a major criminal and financial risk, and the compilation of this data by "intelligence" agencies it treated as a critical attack vector to national security – the attack on each citizens civil rights that it truly is – most privacy laws and regulations are just virtue signals designed specifically avoid the root causes, and further entrench the power of monopolies and incumbents.
FYI I don't believe Google sells user data. They sell products which leverage user data to give them a critical advantage over every competitor who does not have trackers in everyones pockets/computers, does not store their entire web search/browsing history, etc. It's in the interest of big tech to protect their market advantage (like ZKP, which would prevent competitors from having a new gov-mandated vector to compile user data).
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#10Still, I don't want to gate people based on age.
Parents should at least be able to overwrite the age of their child, maybe selectively allow bypasses. My experience with a computer would have been completely different if I was blocked from half of the internet. Especially when I see which kind of content gets blocked.