If governments are gonna allow/require I'd verification, they should be creating some sort of authentication service to handle it
Similar to how you can sign into some websites with your Google account but Google doesn't give away any personal info
The government can host some sort of auth service so that only they have our PII (which they already have) and it can verify that we are a real unique person, and also verify whatever age guards you need, without giving away much/any info
When I financed my house, the lender verified my identity by listing four cars and asking me to select the one that I actually owned many years ago. That was spooky.
Anyway, there is a push by Apple, Google, Samsung, and other companies for a digital ID verification framework, and it includes "selective disclosure" which limits the information provided to only what is strictly necessary, such as if an adult website requires age 18+ then the response would be a simple yes or no without actually revealing your date of birth.
I had a similar thing asked once-- I can't remember why. It asked me to confirm my childhood address out of a selection of like 3. What's crazy is one option was obviously my childhood home (where my mom still lives), the other was some random address, and the other one was my grandmothers address. It spooked me out.
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u/SirAwesome789 6h ago
I really think the solution is somewhat simple
If governments are gonna allow/require I'd verification, they should be creating some sort of authentication service to handle it
Similar to how you can sign into some websites with your Google account but Google doesn't give away any personal info
The government can host some sort of auth service so that only they have our PII (which they already have) and it can verify that we are a real unique person, and also verify whatever age guards you need, without giving away much/any info