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Re: Age verification

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On 2026-04-03 01:08, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu,  2 Apr 2026 23:41:21 +0200 (CEST), Worst Case wrote:
> 
>> The worry is that, while they're verifying your age, they're
>> verifying dozens of other things and conveying all of it (for a
>> price) to your content provider.
> 
> Which is why the age verifier must be an independent authority.
> 
> There are already Government departments whose job it is to collect
> personal information about you, that includes your date of birth: e.g.
> tax department, social welfare. Any one of those could also be the
> age-verification authority, without any additional risk to your
> personal information.

My government doesn't need to collect any such information. They already know. Earlier than me, in fact.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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    Re: Age verification Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-02 18:14 +0000
      Re: Age verification "Worst Case"@dizum.com - 2026-04-02 23:41 +0200
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          Re: Age verification Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-02 20:48 +0000
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