Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
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According to whom?
Is the system opaque? Does someone else hold the private encryption keys? Could unencrypted data leak from the company and expose users?
If any of those answers are "yes", then assume it's already compromised by a government and unsafe.
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So uh, choosing an instance was too complicated, right?
What makes you think this doesn't apply to Mastodon instances?
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Somewhere in a government building in the UK: We did it, Patrick...
Good for them. Too many goddamn kids on the internet with dumbass ideas and shitty grammar and yolos and skibidy rizz, why back in my day we have to go uphill both ways to the internet cafe before we could argue with a strawman online
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Is the system opaque? Does someone else hold the private encryption keys? Could unencrypted data leak from the company and expose users?
If any of those answers are "yes", then assume it's already compromised by a government and unsafe.
There is no encryption involved. They just give you a token that verifies your age and you present the token to the site.
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There is no encryption involved. They just give you a token that verifies your age and you present the token to the site.
But you have to submit evidence of age to some site, right? So where does that evidence (your ID) get sent to or stored? Once it's sent, are you sure it's not stored? Is the token unique or traceable to you?
I honestly don't know, and when I don't know, I have to assume it's not staying private.
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But you have to submit evidence of age to some site, right? So where does that evidence (your ID) get sent to or stored? Once it's sent, are you sure it's not stored? Is the token unique or traceable to you?
I honestly don't know, and when I don't know, I have to assume it's not staying private.
Your evidence is already stored with the gov, regardless of the any age verification systems. And the gov provides your token. If you honestly don't know, you should research instead of making assumptions.
European Digital Identity
Official GitHub Organization of the European Digital Identity project. - European Digital Identity
GitHub (github.com)
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Your evidence is already stored with the gov, regardless of the any age verification systems. And the gov provides your token. If you honestly don't know, you should research instead of making assumptions.
European Digital Identity
Official GitHub Organization of the European Digital Identity project. - European Digital Identity
GitHub (github.com)
Fair enough. Thanks for the info.
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Somewhere in a government building in the UK: We did it, Patrick...
Fuck this shit
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Pretty concerning that a "western democracy" is doing this, because it gives cover for the next one and the next one.
It's easy to say "oh I'll just stop using such and such a service" but what happens when there are no more legal services to switch to?
The UK has been in lock step with the US in terms of moronic voters and stupid leaders.
The UK is in Europe, but it's closer to the morons in Texas than Switzerland.
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Just hope they (Facebook and friends) give you the choice to delete OR verify those accounts and not require verification to delete it.
You would be surprised what you can active with spamming angry emails
