Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

FAQ: Hello! You have posted or shared material proposing that “privacy-preserving age verification” (often: “ZKP”) exists, will work & help keep people safe

The truth is not as clear cut as you have seen, is probably wrong (especially in real-world practise) and for explanation I’d recommend you read the following paper by noted security expert & cryptographer, Professor Steve Bellovin:

https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/age-verify.pdf

Thank you for reading this FAQ.

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2 responses to “FAQ: Hello! You have posted or shared material proposing that “privacy-preserving age verification” (often: “ZKP”) exists, will work & help keep people safe”

  1. Alec Muffett

    Even if somebody is broadly in favour of using ZKP for age verification, they couch it in a large package of codicils and provisos regarding how it is used. These are generally not applicable at scale.

    https://brave.com/blog/zkp-age-verification-limits/

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  2. Alec Muffett

    Quelle Surprise:

    https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/eudi-doc-architecture-and-reference-framework/issues/200

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