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The UK's data protection laws, enforced by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), require platforms to use "data protection by design". This means minimizing personal data collected for age assurance:

You are not required to save your ID under the UK's new age verification laws; instead, platforms must use age assurance methods that confirm your age without collecting or storing your personal data, such as facial estimation or digital identity wallets. The focus is on privacy-preserving tools that provide only a "yes" or "no" response to an age threshold, adhering to data protection principles and minimizing the collection of personal information.

- Changefly ID is the core technology for anonymous authentication (https://www.changefly.com/our-research). Changefly ID requires zero PII.

- Optionally, if a service requires identity / age verification, we just released Anonymous Identity & Age Verification for Changefly ID (https://www.changefly.com/blog/2025/08/anonymized-identity-a...).

- You can verify your identity for free: https://www.changefly.com/account/verify

- Developers can verify Changefly ID’s and/or age requirement checks with our open API: https://www.changefly.com/developer

Hi vorejdajo, thanks for the feedback. We've been in private mode, and recently launched access to the general public. Additional info will be added to our website and Developer API guide.

"Nevertheless, Am I not parting more of my data by giving Govt id to another third party(stripe) rather than just my email?"

- Identity verification is OPTIONAL for Changefly ID. We chose to work with Stripe for government ID verifications because we can guarantee that after the verification and anonymization, your PII is verifiably deleted.

- Regarding using your email for logins and identity verification, that is no longer feasible in this day and age due to phishing, credential stuffing, account takeovers, scams, and the list goes on.

Sure no problem:

- Changefly ID is the core technology for anonymous authentication (https://www.changefly.com/our-research). Changefly ID requires zero PII.

- Optionally, if a service requires identity / age verification, we just released Anonymous Identity & Age Verification for Changefly ID (https://www.changefly.com/blog/2025/08/anonymized-identity-a...).

- You can verify your identity for free: https://www.changefly.com/account/verify

- Developers can verify Changefly ID’s and/or age requirement checks with our open API: https://www.changefly.com/developer

Hi monero, I encourage you to check out the links below to learn how the Changefly ID authentication process works and how Changefly is truly changing the game for privacy and security:

Changefly Anonymous Authentication FAQ: https://www.changefly.com/security

Changefly ID white paper: https://www.changefly.com/our-research

Changefly US Patent 12,301,546 B2: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12301546B2/en

Hi ranger_danger, thank you for your comment. I encourage you to check out the links below to learn how Changefly ID works and how Changefly is truly changing the game for privacy and security:

Changefly Anonymous Authentication FAQ: https://www.changefly.com/security

Changefly ID white paper: https://www.changefly.com/our-research

Changefly US Patent 12,301,546 B2: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12301546B2/en

Hey foxylad, I hear your frustration. Did you know everything you do on your phone and computer is through an app?

My name is Lukas Dickie and I'm the founder of Changefly. You can verify this by looking up our business registration with Washington State or contacting Troy Foster at Perkins Coie (https://perkinscoie.com/professionals/troy-foster). I have a long track record of working with governments and companies around the world.

For identity verification, Stripe is our current data processor and undergoes annual audits. Your identity is first verified by Stripe, secondly reprocessed for privacy on Changefly, then immediately deleted.

I encourage you to check out the links below to learn how the Changefly ID works and how Changefly is truly changing the game for privacy and security:

Changefly Anonymous Authentication FAQ: https://www.changefly.com/security

Changefly ID white paper: https://www.changefly.com/our-research

Changefly US Patent 12,301,546 B2: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12301546B2/en

"You're in the trust business. You haven't earned it yet."

Spot on, Coeur! My sentiments exactly. My name is Lukas Dickie and I'm the founder of Changefly. You can verify this by looking up our business registration with Washington State or contacting Troy Foster at Perkins Coie (https://perkinscoie.com/professionals/troy-foster). I have a long track record of working with governments and companies around the world.

For identity verification, Stripe is our current data processor and undergoes annual audits. Your identity is first verified by Stripe, secondly reprocessed for privacy on Changefly, then immediately deleted.

I encourage you to check out the links below to learn how the Changefly ID authentication process works and how Changefly is truly changing the game for privacy and security:

Changefly Anonymous Authentication FAQ: https://www.changefly.com/security

Changefly ID white paper: https://www.changefly.com/our-research

Changefly US Patent 12,301,546 B2: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12301546B2/en

Hey DiabloD3, I completely understand your concerns and you bring up a lot of curious points! My name is Lukas Dickie and I'm the founder of Changefly. You can verify this by looking up our business registration with Washington State or contacting Troy Foster at Perkins Coie (https://perkinscoie.com/professionals/troy-foster). I have a long track record of working with governments and companies around the world.

For identity verification, Stripe is our current data processor and undergoes annual audits. Your identity is first verified by Stripe, secondly reprocessed for privacy on Changefly, then immediately deleted.

I encourage you to check out the links below to learn how the Changefly ID authentication process works and how Changefly is truly changing the game for privacy and security:

Changefly Anonymous Authentication FAQ: https://www.changefly.com/security

Changefly ID white paper: https://www.changefly.com/our-research

Changefly US Patent 12,301,546 B2: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12301546B2/en

Hey thanks pilingual. We recently released this to the general public. We'll roll out a simple video and screen shots soon. Here is the two-step enrollment process for users that need to verify their identity:

1. User gets their Changefly ID through the Changefly app (free)

2. User verifies their identity anonymously (https://www.changefly.com/account/verify)

For developers:

https://www.changefly.com/developer

Great question, commandersaki. Here is the two-step enrollment process for users that want to prove an attribute or credential:

1. User gets their Changefly ID through the Changefly app (free)

2. User verifies their identity anonymously (https://www.changefly.com/account/verify)

For developers:

https://www.changefly.com/developer

Hey xvilka, you are correct! There are thousands of identity verification companies around the world. The difference is we use Changefly ID.

I encourage you to check out the links below to learn how the Changefly ID authentication process works and how Changefly is truly changing the game for privacy and security:

Changefly Anonymous Authentication FAQ: https://www.changefly.com/security

Changefly ID white paper: https://www.changefly.com/our-research

Changefly US Patent 12,301,546 B2: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12301546B2/en

Hey apimade, you brought up some great questions and I'll answer as best I can:

"How is this any different from outsourcing attestation to a third-party?"

There are thousands of identity verification companies around the world. The difference is we use Changefly ID.

"Considering most regulations require the party reliant on validating the data to store the source or proof, it seems like the only plausible mass-deployment of this approach would be US state-based ID systems specifically for drinking/anonymous patrons. That excludes driving, gambling, restricted entertainment, medicine etc."

A growing number of services around the world are requiring identity (are you a real person, or age verification). Changefly ID + Anonymized Identity and Age Verification processes government ID's from over 100 countries.

"Countries wouldn’t adopt it nationally or federally, they’d copy it."

I encourage you to check out the links below to learn how the Changefly ID authentication process works and how Changefly is truly changing the game for privacy and security:

Changefly Anonymous Authentication FAQ: https://www.changefly.com/security

Changefly ID white paper: https://www.changefly.com/our-research

Changefly US Patent 12,301,546 B2: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12301546B2/en

Hey vorejdajo, I completely understand your questioning if this is a scam (Changefly actually blocks scammers). My name is Lukas Dickie and I'm the founder of Changefly. You can verify this by looking up our business registration with Washington State or contacting Troy Foster at Perkins Coie (https://perkinscoie.com/professionals/troy-foster). I have a long track record of working with governments and companies around the world.

For identity verification, Stripe is our current data processor and undergoes annual audits. Your identity is first verified by Stripe, secondly reprocessed for privacy on Changefly, then immediately deleted.

I encourage you to check out the links below to learn how the Changefly ID authentication process works and how Changefly is truly changing the game for privacy and security:

Changefly Anonymous Authentication FAQ: https://www.changefly.com/security

Changefly ID white paper: https://www.changefly.com/our-research

Changefly US Patent 12,301,546 B2: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12301546B2/en

Hey VoidWhisperer, you've raised some excellent and valid points without knowing the underlying technology. It's understandable how the need to pass a an IP address could seem contradictory to the idea of anonymity. IP addresses are required to communicate on the internet whether at home, work, or on the go. Nobody can change that without changing the entire structure of the internet.

Your Changefly ID is anonymous and end-to-end encrypted. Changefly does not know who you are, who you are connecting with, or what your IP address is as we do not log IP addresses.

I encourage you to read more below to learn how the Changefly ID authentication process works and how Changefly is truly changing the game for privacy and security:

Changefly Anonymous Authentication FAQ: https://www.changefly.com/security

Changefly ID white paper: https://www.changefly.com/our-research

Changefly US Patent 12,301,546 B2 https://patents.google.com/patent/US12301546B2/en

I appreciate the feedback! You can find more info here:

https://www.changefly.com/security

https://www.changefly.com/our-research

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