- From: Dave Longley <dlongley@digitalbazaar.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:56:24 -0400
- To: Richard Dunne <richarddunnebsc@gmail.com>, David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Cc: "public-wicg@w3.org" <public-wicg@w3.org>
On 09/29/2016 03:35 PM, Richard Dunne wrote: > On your third point David, a reasonable right to know my age. If we > take the assumption that all countries have the same age of consent > (18), which I know is not the case, a minimum age verification system > should not be telling me your age, only that you are either an adult or > a minor. That is the scope from my perspective. Is that achievable? Examples from the Verifiable Claims work have modeled this as essentially asserting that you are "18+" (or over some other important age), not as your specific age or birthdate, etc. > > On Thu, 29 Sep 2016 at 20:03 David Singer <singer@apple.com > <mailto:singer@apple.com>> wrote: > > > > On Sep 29, 2016, at 7:01 , Richard Dunne > <richarddunnebsc@gmail.com <mailto:richarddunnebsc@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Is minimum age verification possible to enforce? In context, to > be able to distinguish between adults(18+) and children(minors/under > 18). > > > > I was going to point you to Manu’s work, but he beat me to it. > > I am sure you are aware, but though your question looks simple, it > is actually quite complex. You have to structure: > * how I prove that I am the person that that authority over there > identifies as X > * how they prove that they have the ability/liability to assert my page > * how I determine that both you and the service have a reasonable > right to know my age (privacy) > > There are related questions; for example, someone that I can > determine is under 18 is probably not a policeman… > > well, it gets fraught. good luck! > > David Singer > Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc. > -- Dave Longley CTO Digital Bazaar, Inc. http://digitalbazaar.com
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