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I'm struggling to think of any online services for which I'd be willing to verify my identity or age (neilzone.co.uk)
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[–] 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

problems with that:

  • how do you verify that it works the way they say it works
  • how do you make yourself heard when it doesn't

so far the only answer I am aware of for these questions is "you don't"

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    The additional problem with that is straight up discrimination. We're replacing a predatory system with another discriminatory system. It is essentially another path that leads to the same thing. Fighting fascism with fascism.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Public key cryptography and signatures are common technologies nowadays.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    you won't be able to use that to verify the integrity of the system when the worry is that its creators are dishonest. you may be able to verify that something has happened (e.g. a successful attestation), but you won't be able to tell if the attestation was actually executed for your device and the app in question, or it was proxied to another device the devs run to fake attestations.

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