I don’t know Spain looks like they have a halfway decent one

yes let’s make a meme joke on a serious post what are you like 14

Ok

I figured you were wrong so I asked an AI and it confirmed what the people below you were saying, you really do seem to be talking straight out of your ass

Yes, it is technically possible to build an accurate, high-confidence age-verification system that does not compromise privacy in the traditional sense (i.e., no central database of IDs, no name/address/DOB stored by the site, no paper trail that can be subpoenaed or leaked). The core tool that makes this feasible is zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs), specifically age-based ZK proofs.

How a privacy-preserving age check actually works in 2025

1. User proves age to a trusted credential issuer once
2. • Government digital ID (e.g., EU eIDAS wallet, some U.S. mobile driver’s licenses, Yoti, ID.me, etc.)
   • The issuer cryptographically signs a statement like “This private key belongs to someone born before 2007-11-27” without ever revealing the exact birthdate. User generates a zero-knowledge proof
3. • Using their phone or browser, they create a proof that says:
     “I have a valid credential signed by [Trusted Issuer] that confirms I am 18+ (or 21+).”
   • Nothing else is revealed: no name, no exact age, no birthdate, no issuer identity if you want to go fully anonymous. Website verifies the proof in <1 second
   • The site checks the cryptographic signature and that the policy (“18+”) is satisfied.
   • It learns literally nothing else about the person.

Real-world implementations that already exist or are in late-stage pilots (November 2025):

• Worldcoin’s World ID “age 18+” orb-verified credential + ZK proof
• Polygon ID / zkBridge systems used by some adult sites
• SpruceID + Ethereum Attestation Service kits
• Gitcoin Passport + ZK age attestations
• Proof-of-Humanity + age minimum circuits
• Yoti + ZK prototype (demoed 2024–2025)

Remaining practical hurdles (why it’s not universal yet)

• User has to have a compatible digital credential in the first place (adoption still <30% in most countries)
• Friction: first-time setup takes 2–10 minutes instead of 3 seconds
• Most adult sites don’t want to pay the (tiny) gas/verification fee or integrate the SDKs
• Regulatory gray zone in some jurisdictions that still mandate “know your customer” records

Bottom line
Technically: Yes, 100% possible today with zero-knowledge age proofs.
Practically: It exists, works, and is slowly rolling out, but the porn industry and most social platforms still prefer cheap/frictionless (but privacy-invasive) methods or just do nothing.

So the top reply in your screenshot (“you always need a middle man with too much information”) is outdated — cryptography has already solved the “middle man” problem. The real blocker now is deployment inertia, not theory.

Yeah I thought that too but it turns out only the outside turned shitty

Well we’re not gonna have that problem America just hit peak 18-year-old in colleges and it’s only going to be smaller class sizes in a couple years or maybe even now from here on out

YES. And because this was a unbiased anecdote about the movie, I definitely want to see it now

You have the air of a confidently incorrect Redditor, fucking do something about that you creep

It don’t matter this is basically Russian propaganda too I don’t trust anybody or anyone which is what they wanted

Less people is the answer not more people.

Troll is a matter of perspective and in this situation you are the troll so what were you saying again

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A LGOLED and then a Apple TV box so it never has to connect to the Internet

He did not, and I first heard about it when referring to the children’s show paw patrol

NOT THE BEES

He’s too good for that, fucking plywood

Uhhhh BALATRO!!!

Ahem…kept in cheek😆

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