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Re:Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fine by weavie on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @05:59AM (#45436020)
A well implemented system would somehow allow you to use your ID to prove you have the attributes a service needs (being over 18, able to drive, no criminal records, not a communist or whatever it is they need) without providing any further information that would allow multiple services to correlate ID's against eachother.
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Re:Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fine by flir on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @09:35AM (#45437566)
Better, but still vulnerable to deanonymization, I think.

And doesn't address many of the other problems (eg accuracy)

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Re:Imgur pulls out of UK as data watchdog threatens fine by account42 on Monday October 06, 2025 @06:08AM (#45489684)
Making confirmations of those attributes easily available will only result in more services requiring them. It's not worth the convenience for the vanishingly few cases where such a verification is actually beneficial.
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