Your Phone Is About to Start Verifying Your Age

About this episode

The episode discusses the contrasting approaches to age verification legislation in the US and EU and their implications for privacy.

Age verification is spreading fast...and this week the US and EU both made major moves, taking completely different approaches. We break down exactly what each one does and why both have long-term implications that go far beyond protecting kids. This one matters whether you're in the US (Parents Decide Act) or Europe with their open source + Zero Knowledge Proof approach. 🔒 Sponsored by Proton — https://proton.me/bp/techlore Reserve a private email before surveillance gets there first, or start fresh yourself. Free to get started! 🔗 SOURCES & LINKS • Our Written Breakdown: https://techlore.tech/eu-and-us-age-verification-explained-what-the-new-laws-and-apps-actually-mean-for-your-privacy-free/ • Contact your reps: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative • EDRi: https://edri.org/ • EFF: https://www.eff.org/ • FSFE: https://fsfe.org/index.en.html • It's FOSS US Coverage: https://itsfoss.com/news/os-level-age-verification-across-us/ • US HR8250: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8250/all-info • EU's Approach : https://www.sovereignmagazine.com/article/eu-age-verification-app-open-source • EU GitHub…

People in this episode

Host: Techlore

Topics covered

• age verification
• privacy
• US legislation
• EU legislation
• digital identity
• children protection

Keywords

• age verification
• US legislation
• EU legislation
• privacy implications
• digital identity
• Proton

Sponsors

Proton

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US, EU, EDRi, EFF, FSFE, It's FOSS, EU Digital Identity Wallet

Places: Europe

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