how would you verify the age of someone without government id?
the answer very simple: you can't.
there is no (reliable) way to verify ID without government involvement, period.
"but it's the companies responsibility!"
well, how are they going to verify anyone's age?
that's right! by checking some form of government ID (passport, drivers license, etc.)
how would they know wether an ID is legit or not? by comparing to a government database.
so it's the government checking either way.
theoretically you could implement a hash-based system that's secure by comparing only hashed values against a government API without ever actually saving user information anywhere, similar to how "login with google/apple/facebook" and so forth work, but i doubt there's any government willing to spend the cash on such a system.
because that would actually work and could be made in privacy respecting way.
but because surveillance is the goal of any government trying to implement bullshit like this, it won't ever be done this way...
remember: it's always mass surveillance. never about "the kids", or "the crime", or whatever straw-man-of-the-week they pull out their ass at any given time.
because that doesn't make any sort of sense in german; it's nonsense ;)
ETA: "waffenspiel" is the only actually german part of that. and the translation for that is accurate (weapons' game), but also kinda nonsensical, especially without proper context.
problem here is as follows:
how would you verify the age of someone without government id?
the answer very simple: you can't.
there is no (reliable) way to verify ID without government involvement, period.
"but it's the companies responsibility!"
well, how are they going to verify anyone's age?
that's right! by checking some form of government ID (passport, drivers license, etc.)
how would they know wether an ID is legit or not? by comparing to a government database.
so it's the government checking either way.
theoretically you could implement a hash-based system that's secure by comparing only hashed values against a government API without ever actually saving user information anywhere, similar to how "login with google/apple/facebook" and so forth work, but i doubt there's any government willing to spend the cash on such a system.
because that would actually work and could be made in privacy respecting way.
but because surveillance is the goal of any government trying to implement bullshit like this, it won't ever be done this way...
remember: it's always mass surveillance. never about "the kids", or "the crime", or whatever straw-man-of-the-week they pull out their ass at any given time.