[robto]

I wonder if there's any chance of technology like Verifiable Credentials[0] getting any adoption because of these laws. I think there are legitimate use cases where you would want to say, "hey, some third-party authority can vouch for me that ____", and not reveal to the third party who's asking for verification and not reveal to the party requiring verification any other claim besides the specific one that they need (say, age in this case).

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verifiable_credentials

[nesk_]

What's insane is that, in France, we have France Connect, which is exactly what you describe: a third-party authentication platform maintained by the government.

Lately, a new law just passed to force porn websites to check the age of visitors. I would have been fine with an authentication going through France Connect:

- the gov knows which website you went to, just like your DNS provider would, but it doesn't which content - and the website knows which content you've watched but not who's watching.

Best of both worlds!

But no, we have to send a copy of our ID card to the website, which is INSANE because the website knows WHO you are and WHAT you're watching.

[archon810]

We need this in the US. Otherwise, once laws like this https://apnews.com/article/utah-app-store-age-verification-7... go into effect, 3rd party app stores, like apkmirror.com, etc. are going to need to pull out of the US unless there's a service like that in the country. It's starting with Utah, but many states and even the feds are planning similar laws.

[notTooFarGone]

It's mind boggling that governments don't offer that service for a lump sum per month