Aylo was purchased by private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners in 2023, whose partner Solomon Friedman told reporters in a call Tuesday that the law is “ineffective” and “dangerous,” noting concerns over privacy. “It’s a matter of putting our values first, and that means communicating directly with the French people to tell them what their government is refusing to tell them,” Friedman said, according to Politico.
Despite the name, of course they would be against this. I mean they are right in their reasoning, but laws like these will hurt their revenue as well, which might as well be the reason for their stance on this after all.
Yeah, this is 100% self-preservation. The article says they are in favor of age verification but want it done at the device level which is a much larger threat to privacy.
Depends on how it is done. You know those 2FA fobs that just pass a code every 30 seconds, right?
What if you made some kind of fob or chip that you can only get from the government when you are 18+ (here in NL that would be easy because most things are 18plus locked) then if you could use that for online gambling, porn, buying alcohol online, etc. it wouldn’t be linked to your person.
If the government doesn’t keep track of who has which fob/card. Which is easy to check if you get an accountant to do a formal audit on them, keeping track or not. I know PureVPN had done an audit like that checking if they kept themselves on their own no logs policy.
Pretty sure, the rights that European citizens get based on GDPR also apply when dealing with the government(s).
Generally, governments are splintered into multiple parts and every part is only allowed to keep their relevant data.
Anyway, the government as a whole just doesn’t need to know what sites you visit and the companies don’t need to see your personal information or any identifier. If they can just check if that number correspond to a true or false, it’s enough.
Despite the name, of course they would be against this. I mean they are right in their reasoning, but laws like these will hurt their revenue as well, which might as well be the reason for their stance on this after all.
Yeah, this is 100% self-preservation. The article says they are in favor of age verification but want it done at the device level which is a much larger threat to privacy.
Depends on how it is done. You know those 2FA fobs that just pass a code every 30 seconds, right? What if you made some kind of fob or chip that you can only get from the government when you are 18+ (here in NL that would be easy because most things are 18plus locked) then if you could use that for online gambling, porn, buying alcohol online, etc. it wouldn’t be linked to your person. If the government doesn’t keep track of who has which fob/card. Which is easy to check if you get an accountant to do a formal audit on them, keeping track or not. I know PureVPN had done an audit like that checking if they kept themselves on their own no logs policy.
There is zero chance it would be implemented in a way that would protect privacy.
If it wouldn’t protect privacy then it wouldn’t be GDPR compliant.
https://ageverification.dev/Technical Specification/architecture-and-technical-specifications/#22-design-principles it is mentioned under 2.2 Design Principles
Note I haven’t read everything about it or seen any code surrounding it.
GDPR is for commercial products, not government mandated ID.
Pretty sure, the rights that European citizens get based on GDPR also apply when dealing with the government(s). Generally, governments are splintered into multiple parts and every part is only allowed to keep their relevant data.
Anyway, the government as a whole just doesn’t need to know what sites you visit and the companies don’t need to see your personal information or any identifier. If they can just check if that number correspond to a true or false, it’s enough.