

Yes, but then, to generate the code, the gov has to know who’s asking for it. If the cert is locally stored in your phone, nobody can know who’s asking for it.
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Yes, but then, to generate the code, the gov has to know who’s asking for it. If the cert is locally stored in your phone, nobody can know who’s asking for it.
the only way to borrow it is physically taking the phone, and even then, if the phone is locked, you need to unlock it. The cert by itself is bound to a device, if you give that device to someone else, that’s on you. It’s not a fault in the system but in the user.
Think of how 2fa apps work. They generally are locked under a code or biometrics, if someone else access to them, it’s because you gave them access, so it’s your responsibility.
Yeah, my idea comes from them. We are trying to find a “new” solution to a problem when there has been one ready for years and we only need to adapt it to this system.
As long as the key to create new certs is kept safe (and given that the auth is the govern itself, I’d say they will be kept safe), you don’t need to worry about false certs. And even if the key got stolen somehow, all you need to do is change it and deprecate the old one so new certs using the old key won’t be valid.
The solution is really, stunningly simple:
Your gov issues official documents about you (driving license, passport, id cards…). They know your age.
Your gov is also a trustworthy institution since all those cited above are official documents that anyone, anywhere will accept as valid.
So here’s the solution: the gov creates a digital certificate in which the only stored data is your age, or even less: your adult state (as a boolean; if over 18 = TRUE).
The gov issues the cert on demand to any person after presenting any valid ID to prove who you are (it can be done online, with only the id verification being done in person). The cert is bound to your device, and if you change phone, you must migrate it so you can’t have it in two devices.
Since the issuer is a trusted authority, the cert can be used as a proof of age in any site needing it as the only thing they need is to read the cert and confirm the auth of the issuer.
And as the cert is only a boolean status saying if you are underage or adult, there is no privacy concerns as the one checking your age won’t know anything else about you.
There, you just solved a “huge” problem in a simple way and with no privacy concerns.
Yay! Video on spotify means higher price I guess. And now with AI to worsen the deal!
Months ago I made the decision of going all out with my music and made a homeserver with jellyfin. Best decision ever. Can’t be happier with my music service now.
The first thing I thought when I heard about this facial recognition to verify age was now easy would be to trick the system with a game with photo mode. And for what I just read, it’s really that easy.
The fun thing is that, since they claim to not save the pictures, they can’t prove that you verified with a videogame… Unless they retire the claim, admit that they save the pictures and get in huge trouble with the data privacy laws.
Sigh… all this trouble to make an age verification system when the state could simply issue digital certs including simply your adult status (meaning you are not underage) that could be used in every website and that would not leak any personal data. And it would really work, as the authority issuing the cert is the state (which already knows your age) it could be automatically trusted on the internet and would keep your data safe.
I think some people use downvotes as a disagree button. They don’t like the idea of paying a sub for a launcher (I too find it stupid but that’s just my opinion) and use the downvote to let the world know instead of commenting or simply ignoring the post.
Don’t take it personally, and please don’t let the downvotes discourage you! Your posts are a breeze of fresh air content in a place where most content is just links to news sites.
They offer a sub! Ever dreamed of paying monthly to use an alternative launcher that does the same stuff than the already FOSS existing launcher? Now you can! 🤦
39yo here. People never believe i’m more than 30yo. I don’t think it’s a problem, rather something positive because I was lucky with genetics (and also didn’t wasted myself during my 20s).
The one thing I’d tell you about finding a partner is to look for someone who makes you happy. Maybe, other than that, consider where their mind is. I know I could date women under 30 and wouldn’t look physically “weird”, but would we be at the same point when thinking about work, future, family, etc? That’s way more important than looks when it comes to age difference.
I guess we can’t expect any orcanization to step in the “negotiations”… right?
For once I agree with the tangerine mussolini: paying for all copyrighted stuff is not doable, hence I pirate all of it.
That’s the dilophosaurus, and the Jurassic Park representation is probably an interpretation mistake (or, as with many other dinosaurs in the series, an artistic license for the sake of the narrative).
Awww so cute! Nazi propaganda!
Damn! No wonder I wasn’t having fun with Ubisoft games lately!
I’ve been pirating their crap out whenever they made a game I wanted to try and, I rarely played past the first hour! Now I see why! Since I was pirating and everything was unlocked for free, I couldn’t enjoy the player experience of spending money in their ingame store!
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Yeah, I will definitely trust an internet stranger with my face so they can verify that I’m not underage to access content which could, in case of being leaked, damage my reputation or even destroy my life.
DEFINITELY
Out of curiosity, how much are you paying for it? I’m looking to get one in my country and I’m curious to know how cheap/expensive they are compared to other countries.
P.s: please feel free to not answer if you don’t want to disclose it.
Almost completed my migration from windows 10 to linux in my desktop (only missing the storage disks to be transferred to an external drive so I can format them in ext4. I’ll do it this weekend and my house will be officially free of Microsoft’s grip.
This needs to be crossposted to !nottheonion@lemmy.world
If the cert only includes a single data, whioh is if the user is or not underage, without any identification other than that, i’m not sure what can you do with it. No name, no data of any kind… just a true/false statement indicating if the user (without a name or any other identification) has reached the legal age.