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2026-06-28 15:45 UTC
There is a case to be made for a safe age verification for online communities for minors.
Back in the good times when the US government tried to be part of a solution, president Obama’s Cyber Czar put out a proposal for a brokered verfication service to keep adults (potential groomers and pdfs) out of online games and services designed for school kids.
The student registries would’ve served as a source for identity and age verification and the individual app or an endpoint device would then be minted an anonymous proof of age.
It never materialised but the idea was compelling.
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@Erka@infosec.exchange 2026-06-28 15:49
The search word would be ”National Strategy for Tusted Identities in Cyberspace”. I see the paper was released ten years ago, when the US presidents still adhered to record-keeping requirements and preserved official documents for posterity. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/NSTICstrategy_041511.pdf