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Google did the hard work for everyone last year...

>"In layperson’s terms, ZKP makes it possible for people to prove that something about them is true without exchanging any other data. So, for example, a person visiting a website can verifiably prove he or she is over 18, without sharing anything else at all."

- https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-secu...

- https://github.com/google/longfellow-zk

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The "hard work" in question is a death sentence for computing as we know it today. All implementations of zero-knowledge proofs require device integrity assurance to prevent the otherwise anonymous tokens from being passed onto another user, and Google has a vested interest in pushing solutions involving remote attestation as they would double as an effective weapon against ad blocking, YouTube downloaders, pirated games, sideloaded apps that don't pay the Play Store tax and more. Requiring remote attestation on all internet-connected devices would result in the complete overnight death of desktop Linux, contribute significantly to e-waste and pave the road for further initiatives such as mandatory client-side scanning of all files (of the kind Apple attempted to introduce not too long ago, with massive backlash); I am not sure this would be preferable to simply handing over your ID.

> Requiring remote attestation on all internet-connected devices

Is that what this bill requires? If it’s just remote attenuation for social media, done by the OS, I think that’s fine.

Not sure why you are only crediting google. This is a big research area in cryptography.

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