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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 55 points 1 week ago (13 children)

So like, when do we get a government-run service to issue zero-knowledge proofs about us so companies have no reason to store stuff like this in the first place?

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Oh aye, I am the #1 government truster, they should "not record" where I visit and should be trusted to ignore my internet history

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 11 points 1 week ago

They wouldn’t see what sites you give the tokens to — unless those sites choose to phone home, for some reason.

  • You log in to the government site
  • You ask for a token to prove your age/gender/whatever
  • You copy the token
  • You go to the age/gender-restricted site
  • You provide the token
  • The restricted site asks the government site how to verify any arbitrary token (but doesn’t mention your specific token)
  • The restricted site verifies the token
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