Comment by f_devd
5 months ago
> Anyone of age can make an anonymous age attribute faucet [1] for anyone to use. That it's not technically a bug doesn't make it any less trivial to circumvent. I wouldn't expect the public or even the Commission to make such a distinction. They'll clamor that the solution is broken and that it must be fixed, and at that point I expect the obfuscation and weakening of privacy features to start.
I can see this argument, but it has a few caveats:
- The 'faucet', providing infinite key material in an open proxy is also very vulnerable
- If the only attribute is age verification then uniqueness is not required; i.e. you can borrow the key of someone you trust and that should be fine.
- The unlinkability is a requirement from the law itself, i.e. the current implementation cannot be executed upon assuming rule of law holds
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