Digital ID and Age Verification: A Comedy of Errors or a Privacy Revolution?
Zero Knowledge Proofs are the latest digital identity sensation, promising age verification without revealing your exact age. But while they sound like the secret ingredient to online privacy, they might just be the sprinkles on a privacy sundae—sweet but not the whole scoop. Digital ID still has a few wrinkles to iron out.
Hot Take:
Who knew that digital IDs would turn our age-verification woes into a rollercoaster ride of cryptographic proofs and privacy debates? It’s like a new season of “Black Mirror,” except with more paperwork and fewer futuristic gadgets. Welcome to the brave new world of proving you’re old enough to buy that beer, now with extra steps!
Key Points:
- Governments globally push digital IDs for identity and age verification online.
- Physical IDs are complicated and can be inaccurate due to various factors.
- Digital IDs promise speed and fraud prevention but raise privacy concerns.
- Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) aim to protect privacy but have limitations.
- Mandatory age verification could become a privacy minefield.
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