Layer-1 Proof-of-Stake Blockchain Concordium has launched a mobile app that allows users to prove their age without disclosing their identity.
According to a Tuesday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, the new solution – available as a mobile application for iOS and Android – user Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZK-Proofs) To allow users to prove their age without being announced their identity.
The app creates an encrypted ID that can be used for age checks in third-party services. The Concordium framed the launch as an alternative privacy alternative to traditional ID-based systems at a time when concerns about the verification that the government mandated was growing.
“The fact is that the web has never had a viable age verification system, resulting in solutions that are ineffective at the best and a privacy risk,” Concordium CEO Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki said.
A private age -verification solution
ZK-Proofs allows a party to prove that they know some information without revealing it. This type of cryptography is particularly popular with privacy -focused developers focused on privacy, with Zcash (ZEC) use it for anonymous transfer and decentralized mixer cash for anonymous ether transactions (Eth).
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A concordium representative cointelegraph said the service is a mobile consumer application available for downloading iPhone and Android devices. Consumers can create a Concordium ID using the app for about $ 0.01, which can be used for verifying the combined services.
Concordium said its app allows verification of characteristics such as name, date of birth, nationality and document type. In practice, the company said, none of this information was exposed to service providers. Instead, ZK-Proofs confirmed that a user meets requirements such as more than 18.
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Can UK -Age Terification Policies protect privacy?
Launching complies with the controversy surrounding the recently -Definition of Mandatory Online ID Checks for Age -verification to view adult content, a sufficient sense to include Wikipedia.
Privacy advocates strongly criticized the UK proposal, with visible VPN apps growing up The country’s popularity as suggested by government officials Cracking Down to them too. The implementation of new steps It has been forced on Tuesday.
UK laws that require ID verification for access to adult content are tech-neutral. The local communication regulator, ofcom, is stated in its guide document The available digital dominates that share an “adult/over-18” characteristic are a valid implementation.
This may be allowed for use of a ZK-proof-based service as long as it meeting The “highly effective” standard and UK data protection roles. Concordium spokesman Cointelegraph said the firm and its partners are “actively engaged in ofcom” in their age -verification solutions.
The interest in ZK-Proofs extends beyond the crypto projects. Google Wallet, Payment and Digital Card Management Application application, announced in late April that it has Included Zk-proofs for age verification.
“This implementation provides us to provide rapid age verification on a wide range of mobile devices, apps and websites,” Google said.
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