[HN Gopher] Programmable Cryptography
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       Programmable Cryptography
        
       Author : fi-le
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2026-02-28 22:43 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | miohtama wrote:
       | Zk would perfect for online age verification, but governments do
       | not want to implement it like this. Instead they want id and face
       | collection for mass surveillance, using age verification as an
       | excuse.
        
         | perching_aix wrote:
         | For age verification and identity verification both afaik.
         | Sometimes I wonder if what's needed is "just" a more public
         | push for it, but these topics are so hopelessly technical, I
         | think it has no hope to ever reach the mainstream and poll
         | well. And that is ignoring all the other counterarguments
         | against these that compound on top.
        
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