Terrible thing that’d get implemented in a terribly invasive way and be used in harmful manners, but it does make me wonder though if there’d be a way to do this with a cryptographic zero knowledge proof.

It’d probably need to be a biometric scan otherwise you could just share a pin or password (not that you can’t fake a fingerprint either…but it’s a bit more of a barrier…) but the idea that when you get your photo ID, it comes with a USB stick like a yubikey (edit and it has a fingerprint reader), and activating it proves you’re over a specific age without leaking any information about who you are.

Websites know you’re over an age. They get 0 information aside from that, and it’s impossible to ever track who you are even from the government.

Edit: and it wouldn’t need to be a single specific age, the zero knowledge proof could answer any question about your age assuming you choose to proceed after the website asks. It could also be restricted to a single age as well.

It let’s you require both?

It looks like it’s pin and optional fingerprint, not pin and fingerprint for me? On Android

This is why I always turn it off in airports though.

Just in addition to my other reply… that was assuming it’s not a government agency.

The police can just force you to do it, but they can’t force a password.

Everyone using a passkey and biometrics on their hardware is law enforcements wet dream.

Edit: Including border security where you have less rights.

It’s just much weaker than a password and passkey / security key.

Something you are can easily be taken from you. (Edit: eg lifting fingerprints can unlock things)

Something you know is harder and would escalate a situation if forced substantially.

It could be your phone or computer as well, they don’t have to be in a password manager.

And that’s often going to be the default people use.

Now it’s just your face or fingerprint, both of which are easier to bypass if it’s targeted.

I highly dislike the idea of a passkey replacing a password as it means you’ve lost the something you know and replace it only with something you have.

Passwords AND passkeys together sound great.

Kinda defeats the purpose of doing it private and local.

I wouldn’t trust any claims a 3rd party service makes with regards to being private.

So apologize if you feel you need to and use the cash you put behind your phone in case of emergency if need be.

That’s their problem not yours.

Not sure why someone would downvote your opinion and relevant story there…

It still seems relevant enough though for the time being. Getting the stink eye isn’t a no, and maybe you’ll have to be a little picky on where.

Still better than not having it at all though.

Could throw a couple quarters in there just in case as well

Put $20-50 behind your phone in the phone case.

If you ever forget / lose your wallet, you’ll have a little cash.

I heard it tastes better.

I present Exhibit A: Weed.

Do you play a brass instrument?

Oh look at Mr You can just do it this way or that way.

I STILL CANT WHISTLE ALL YOU WHISLTING ELITISTS!!!

😭

You beat me to it.

Start em young.

Also I lost the game.

Is it his company? It could be his baby and his passion.

If it’s just some random manager… well, I got no clue lol

There was perpetual stew?

I tried doing a dual boot to Mint awhile back, I did the mint backup at the start like it suggests, changed some things, broke it, restored from the backup thinking it was great id already made one, and broke the WHOLE pc.

I had to pull the battery on the BIOS to get it to go beyond a black screen when turning on.

It was terrible.

It seem to recall at the time recommendations about not doing dual boot, and if you wanted to dual boot, remove the main OS drive when you install Linux. Then put it back in.

I feel like something like https://www.storj.io/ is on the path to what we would want/need?

There might be some additional requirements for a true CDN to ensure data is closer to where it’s needed and in as many regions as needed though with the right amount of bandwidth. The data gets stored all over the place, but that doesn’t mean its optimal. But they do seem to claim it’s faster on their website…

Edit: For those not wanting to click, TLDR is they use excess storage around the world and make it accessible anywhere, and safe from failures. People with excess storage can join the network if they have enough storage/bandwidth and pass some tests. Their API is S3 compatible.