This is different. It’s a EU gov app that gives your website a zero-knowledge proof of age. Basically the only info they get is a “yes” or maybe the age itself. This is much better than what you describe, but I’m not familiar with the way the UK system works today.
Comment on EU Gives Platforms 12 Months to Deploy 'Strict' Age Verification
tal@lemmy.today 6 days ago
I said it before when the UK mandate just went into force and Reddit started having people required to take pictures of their IDs to get access to NSFW subreddits: if you get people used to having websites demand photos of identity documents, I strongly suspect you are gonna have some serious fraud issues down the line when less-than-salubrious websites start getting people to take identity document photos.
gressen@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
tal@lemmy.today 6 days ago
For an example of the privacy implications, we just had a story up on this community or another about the Tea identity leak:
nytimes.com/…/tea-safety-dating-app-hack.html
cygnus@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
I hate that they get to label this a “hack”. It was sheer negligence - they stored these images in an unsecured bucket.