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Wouter Tebbens ⁂
@Wtebbens@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 21 hours ago

@strypey do you know Yivi? https://yivi.app/en/ it was developed by the Dutch Privacy by Design fdn.

Previously known as IRMA

In any case, it provides authentication with an attribute (e.g. "verified over 18 y.o.) and shields your other details. Pretty neat isn't it?

Yivi

Yivi - Your digital identity in one app

Yivi is de privacyvriendelijke ID-app waarmee je veilig inlogt, gegevens deelt en bewijst wie je bent. Wachtwoordloos, veilig en altijd in controle. All You. All yours.
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Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 21 hours ago

"Strong age checks can be done effectively, safely, and in a way that protects your privacy. As with everything you do online, you should exercise a degree of caution and judgement when giving over personal information."

#OffCom, 2025

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/age-checks-for-online-safety--what-you-need-to-know-as-a-user

For a start, AFAIK, this is a blatant lie. You can't prove your age to an online service *and* browse it anonymously. So forcing you to do it does *not* protect your privacy.

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Wouter Tebbens ⁂
@Wtebbens@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 21 hours ago

@strypey do you know Yivi? https://yivi.app/en/ it was developed by the Dutch Privacy by Design fdn.

Previously known as IRMA

In any case, it provides authentication with an attribute (e.g. "verified over 18 y.o.) and shields your other details. Pretty neat isn't it?

Yivi

Yivi - Your digital identity in one app

Yivi is de privacyvriendelijke ID-app waarmee je veilig inlogt, gegevens deelt en bewijst wie je bent. Wachtwoordloos, veilig en altijd in controle. All You. All yours.
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Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 21 hours ago

@Wtebbens
> Yivi ... provides authentication with an attribute (e.g. "verified over 18 y.o.) and shields your other details

Intriguing, thanks for the tip. I'll look into this. Good to see full source code available, some components under Apache 2.0 license;

https://github.com/privacybydesign

Thoughts @lightweight? @rabble?

#AgeVerification #Yivi

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Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 21 hours ago

Second, even if we take OffCom at their word, note they carefully say "*can* be done", not *will* be done. I don't see anything there about consequences for platforms that fail to protect our privacy, or don't even try.

Some of these companies have been blatantly ignoring our privacy rights for decades. Others have proven utterly incompetent at protecting it (*cough* Ashley Madison *cough*). Mostly with no serious consequences.

Now we're supposed to trust them with identity data?

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