Jan :rust: :ferris:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@mroach" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mroach</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://twit.social/@MisuseCase" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MisuseCase</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://furry.engineer/@fluffykittycat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fluffykittycat</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span> </p><p>The thing is: there _are_ better solutions out there to verify age online without compromising <a href="https://floss.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> (and I'm disappointed by the <a href="https://floss.social/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EFF</span></a> complaining, but not proposing alternative solutions).</p><p>Sometimes <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Math</span></a> can help ¯\_(ツ)_/¯</p><p>Opening up ‘Zero-Knowledge Proof’ technology to promote privacy in age assurance (Google, July 2025):</p><p><a href="https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/opening-up-zero-knowledge-proof-technology-to-promote-privacy-in-age-assurance/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.google/technology/safety-</span><span class="invisible">security/opening-up-zero-knowledge-proof-technology-to-promote-privacy-in-age-assurance/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/ZeroKnowledgeProof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroKnowledgeProof</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Cryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptography</span></a></p>