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Comment Re: Zero-Knowledge Identity Proofing, Once Again (Score 1) 25

No, a service like that would require you to submit your name, and thus the site, as well as the government , would know you accessed that site at that time. Exactly what people dont want. Zero knowledge proofs prevent this because your identity doesnt have to be shared.

Comment Re:This is not about the children (Score 1) 25

There are no easy wins to these problems.

You can't both simultaneously allow adults to use explicit chatbots, and also block them from children, without requiring some form of identity verification.

The real problem is the lack of adopted robust standards by the government for age verification that don't require you to disclose your identity.

The technology to do kind of this already exists, it is called zero-knowledge proofing. it has existed for a decade and is widely deployed in other countries like Estonia.

Most countries are so incredibly far behind the 8 ball on this stuff and they let government and big tech to keep eating away at their freedoms instead of electing and bringing competent technologists into the government to solve the problem.

Comment Re: ...And you'll like it (Score 3, Insightful) 239

No one is saying the company is not liable.

If a human kills a kid, they are usually held liable.

Liability and acceptance by society are not the same. 1.9 million people are killed annually in auto accidents. All of those are killed by other humans. We accept this, every day, as a society. It doesn't at all mean that any individual case does not have liability or consequences, it just means we don't shut down the roadways.

Comment Re: $7 in Canada (Score 1) 112

Yeah I was always impressed by that in the UK, but also a bit confused on what the incentive is for banks to build out their networks.

The high out-of-network fees in Canada cause the banks to compete on this... banks with more ATMs in an area will get more customers. As a result we have bank ATMs everywhere.

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