• x00z@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Many European age verification services can verify the age without giving them any data. It works like OAuth. You get redirect to a portal where you login with your citizen ID and you’ll get redirected back to the website.

    How it would work in practice is still too soon to say. Maybe they’ll also share other details such as your name or citizen id number to make sure you can only have a single account on the website. I wouldn’t want this either.

    Keep in mind that all kinds of age verification like this just shifts a lot of porn into the underground and will increase identity fraud. The illegal sale of hacked verified porn accounts will also become as valuable as porn accounts on paid websites.

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        11 hours ago

        If it just shares if you are 18+ or not or heck even if it shares my birthday idc. It’s a non realistic identifier if it is only that.

        It’s way better than having to share your ID what is currently the case when you buy alcohol or drugs online or want to gamble online.