this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2025
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We need somebody to invent a way to prove your age without proving your identity.
Pop-culture quiz about 90s and 00s. Select what is a floppy disk from presented pictures of different media devices. Pick all anachronic buildings on that 2002 NYC landscape photo.
Ah, the Leisure Suit Larry tactic of age verification.
You do realize that someone who is 18 was born in 2007 as of 2025?
It's in zoomer years. That doesn't hold any water.
Clever!
Zero-knowledge proofs are literally designed for this exact problem! They let you prove a fact (like being over 18) without revealing any other data about yourself. Some projects are already working on this for age verification but goverments seem more interested in surveillance than actual privacy-preserving solutions.