[TimJRobinson]

You think peoples licenses / passports are little computers with API's built into them that return arbitrary information on demand? Over the internet?

[cyberax]

> You think peoples licenses / passports are little computers with API's built into them that return arbitrary information on demand?

Literally yes, in some places. Passports have a chip in them, and licenses in some countries as well.

> Over the internet?

Tunneling private information over untrusted networks is literally how you're seeing this message.

[TimJRobinson]

Yea the chip gives the information written on the device. It doesn't answer arbitrary questions about the data.

The whole point of ZK proofs is the zero knowledge part. If you don't care about the person being able to see the information of course there's no need for them.