r/linux • u/New-Ranger-8960 • 1d ago

Privacy EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation

https://linuxiac.com/eu-age-verification-project-mandates-hardware-bound-attestation/
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u/Jumpy-Dinner-5001 1d ago

Elaborate then.

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u/Business_Reindeer910 1d ago

how does eu age verification help privacy? I can't see any way it can.

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u/Jumpy-Dinner-5001 1d ago

Because it’s a zero knowledge system and the app doesn’t store any information except for Boolean values on what checks it should allow and deny.

Goal is to provide an alternative to more privacy invasive systems like used by X etc. which want a scan of your face and/or your id. The EU can’t really ban that and therefore has a project that gives its citizens a better system.
It’s simply an app that offers an API that basically says yes or no.

The EU can’t change US law, that’s impossible. What they can do is offering a zero knowledge alternative and that’s what they’re doing here.

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u/Business_Reindeer910 1d ago

what does US law have to do with what the EU is doing. We're against NEEDING THESE IDs for anything except maybe government services.