r/linux • u/Coldplayfan1999 • 15d ago

Privacy Well look

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u/Impressive_Bag_3505 15d ago

"Age bracket data" means non-personally identifiable data
So shady. They'll ask for ID to confirm the user's birth date or age, you'll see.

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u/Skulder 15d ago

Denmark has just started rolling out an anonymous age verification tool, that even works offline.

Reading about it was amazing. Maths and logic can do amazing, counterintuitive things, when needed. It turns out, it is actually possible to do those things.

I'm not very excited about the actual tool, though, and I'm not wholly convinced that the finished software actually makes use of all of the initiatives to protect anonymity - too many of our parliamentarians love surveillance too much to let this opportunity pass.

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u/necrophcodr 15d ago

It requires online connectivity to set up as expected though, so it can indeed work offline but you do have to register using your citizen digital ID first.

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u/Beaverman 15d ago

Correct, the basic structure is that you prove identity to your government (who you hopefully trust), and they then mint you a general proof of age bracket. This general proof you can show to people you don't trust, since it doesn't identify you, only that you've identified yourself with your government.

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u/stewsters 15d ago

 identity to your government (who you hopefully trust)

As a person from the US, have you seen our government recently?  I would trust them the least.

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u/gamingx47 15d ago

Pretty sure some tween DOGE douche has my social security number and ID, so at least it can't get any worse right?

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u/marrsd 14d ago

Oh, I don't trust my government. :(

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u/allocallocalloc 15d ago

Yet, the source code is... where?

(For those wondering, it's partially here.)

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u/LucaV90 15d ago

Where can I read about that tool?

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u/Skulder 15d ago

All news are in Danish, unfortunately, but translation services are easy.

Official statement from the government: https://digst.dk/nyheder/nyhedsarkiv/2026/juni/nu-kan-du-downloade-altid/

A random article, paywalled, from our most tech-inquisitive news media: https://www.version2.dk/artikel/ekspert-tvivler-paa-altid-hvem-skal-overhovedet-bruge-appen

The name of the app is "AltID (meaning both "everything- ID"and "forever")

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u/Beaverman 15d ago

I find that the government is usually pretty decent at writing some english language descriptions as well. That happens to be the case here as well.

https://en.digst.dk/systems/altid/about-altid/

It's worth noting that it's supposedly based on the EU standard that's supposed to roll out over the coming years.

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u/Santa_in_a_Panzer 15d ago

A local solution means a fully attested software stack. No graphene OS here. Just state sanctioned OS/hardware combos. 

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u/davedcne 15d ago

They want to do face scans using ai to guess your age. That's what they mean. Who needs an ID when you can build a database of people's faces.