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Age verification online can be done safely and privately. Here's how (techxplore.com)

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Online chat service Discord has announced it will begin testing age verification for some users, joining a growing list of platforms trying to work out who is actually behind the screen.

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[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Are you referring to a verification service running on the user's device, or on a third party providers' server?

Running a verification service on the user's device can't work, regarless of the approach. The software on the user's device can be altered to give fake results, so verification should be done remotely.

Relying on a third party service to do remote verification imply trusting that third party isn't giving fake results, regarless of the approach.

The company/org that needs to verify age should run the actual age verfication, ideally using a privacy-friendly method and a free reference implementation that got scrutiny from the public. It requires only trusting the gov issues acvurate ids, and trusing the math.