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by trumpdong 10 days ago
ZKP age verification doesn't verify because you can just copy someone else's token.
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it works if it is time-scoped and full age/id verification is done directly with the government. if you're malicious that way, you can likewise verify your id/face and just give a minor access after verifying anyways. you can get a zkp token that can prevent the site owner and the government from colluding and revealing your activity. zkp is one of many ways to solve this as well.
You can also... ask someone else to pass selfie-age-verification during an account registration, no?
When it's not zero-knowledge they can see who registered the account and that it's not the same person who seems to be using the account.
How would they know a minor is using an adult-verified Signal or, say, Youtube account?
Face scan to sign in. Or watching cocomelon all day.
> Face scan to sign in.

This is not in any current (proposed) laws I'm aware of.