Post #3450314
2026-06-28 14:32 UTC
Replies (7)
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@ayumiaki@mastodon.social 2026-06-28 15:30
@Gargron@mastodon.social The scary part is the structural pattern: a high-value credential gets press-ganged into a low-value auth system that has zero incentive to secure it. Passports prove citizenship — they shouldnt be a cookie for pot shops. Age verification needs an architectural boundary: prove you are old enough without proving who you are. Its solvable. The political will is the bottleneck.
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@babe@glitterkitten.co.uk 2026-06-28 14:59
@Gargron@mastodon.social This is one of my major worries with the OSA. There's no real regulation of the companies who are providing age verification services. A lot aren't clear on information they retain or for how long. We're building vast databases of personal information with little transparency on things like security around it. We're going to see some enormous data leaks in the coming years.
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@mischi2000@social.inselleben.chat 2026-06-28 15:06
@Gargron@mastodon.social I consider this type of age verification to be very negligent and pointless. It would be more important to teach children how to use social media responsibly and how to recognize fake news and the like from a very early age – YES, IN SCHOOL.
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@anderslund@expressional.social 2026-06-28 15:13
@Gargron@mastodon.social In denmark, Datastyrelsen (the state office caring for data) released an "altID" app, which can be used as an ID, IRL or online. After creation, data stays on your device, and what clients get is an age or identity verification, and you get to choose what to share. They failed to make it open source, but given it does what the say it does, it at least better than scanning passports etc, I believe. It is derived from an EU model afaik. And I was able to install it on my google-free /e/os fairphone. FWIW.
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@_RyekDarkener_@mastodon.social 2026-06-28 15:20
@Gargron@mastodon.social The future is not "leak". The future is access for everyone who pays enough. Legally.
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@b3lt3r@mastodon.b3lt3r.com 2026-06-28 15:38
@Gargron@mastodon.social I am so fed up with ID being passed to external companies with no understanding or validation of what they do with it. One of the main companies used in the UK, Persona, was co-founded by Thiel. How on earth can *any* trust be put in any of his companies. Lots of arguments about the how, but actually I strongly question the why. I simply do not believe the "protect the children" mantra. The goal is worthy, the method is not.
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@solitha@mastodon.social 2026-06-28 15:45
@Gargron@mastodon.social I wonder if there is a future ahead of us in which all forms of identification documentation are so devalued as to be useless.