Re: new ACLU Legislative Guidance

> Age verification is a step towards mandatory authentication for online
access, no matter how it is dressed up.

^ this is true.

See also:
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-supreme-court-strike-down-texas-unconstitutional-age-verification-law

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On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 5:59 AM Robin Wilton <wilton@isoc.org> wrote:

> It’s also worth bearing in mind that if the idea of a “nightmarish
> national identity system” scares legislators into backing off, they are
> very likely to repackage the policy as one whose goal is age assurance/age
> verification, and bring it back again. When that happens, the most relevant
> part of the ACLU analysis is this one:
>
>    - *User control over the release of data*. If you have to prove that
>    you’re over 21, you shouldn’t have to share your age, date of birth, name,
>    or any other data. That privacy-preserving capability is possible with
>    digital IDs, and state legislatures should require that IDs allow holders
>    to share the minimum data necessary for a transaction.
>
>
> Although, if it’s done well, this “granular disclosure” could amount to
> pseudonymity or anonymity, I personally would add those as explicit
> requirements.
> Plus, as the ACLU rightly say, the requirement to design the system to
> prevent linkability.
>
> Age verification is a step towards mandatory authentication for online
> access, no matter how it is dressed up.
>
> Yrs.,
> Robin
>
> Robin Wilton, Director - Internet Trust
> wilton@isoc.org
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> internetsociety.org | @internetsociety
>
>
>
> On 10 Oct 2024, at 21:00, Kaliya Identity Woman <kaliya@identitywoman.net>
> wrote:
>
> There is also a blog post about it.
>
> https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/state-legislatures-need-to-block-creation-of-nightmarish-national-identity-system
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 12:59 PM Kaliya Identity Woman <
> kaliya@identitywoman.net> wrote:
>
>> The ACLU has just published Legislative Guidance around Digital IDs
>>
>> https://www.aclu.org/documents/aclu-digital-id-state-legislative-recommendations
>>
>>
>>
>

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