• harmbugler@piefed.social
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    10 hours ago

    Without ensuring that the key issued to one person is not used by another, the key does not prove the age of the user, and isn’t that the whole point of the key?

    • ferrule@sh.itjust.works
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      3 hours ago

      no, the point of the key is to access infomatîon without giving away personal information.

      Even a photo ID doesn’t prove age. It just shows a record of what age the gov thinks someone is. They are still prone to forgery, misuse, etc. There isn’t any actual method of showing someone’s age so we can skip that part and focus on what the actual need of the user is, accessing a website while not handing over more personal information than is necessary.

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        56 minutes ago

        What website is going to accept a key that doesn’t prove someone’s age though? We already have buttons that say “I’m over 18”. How this key better than that?