The mandatory verified-identity infrastructure being built into every layer of the internet. KYC, age verification, biometric checks, anti-anonymity legislation etc.
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Welcome back to another video! Right now, governments and platforms are expanding age verification across more and more of the internet. They want websites to scan your face, inspect your identity, analyze your behavior, check payment information, or ask for government ID. There is just one massive problem though, when researchers actually test these systems, they keep finding ways they can misclassify people, be bypassed, or verify an account without proving who is really using it. ‼️‼️ 📌 Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:34 - The EU's Age Verification App 1:03 - How it got hacked in 2 minutes 1:53 - The exploit 3:45 - Yoti & Corporate Data Hoarding 4:19 - Spain's €1 Million Fine 5:34 - The VPN Bypass Economy 7:03 - The reality of the situation 8:39 - Outro 📚 some cool sources: https://proton.me/blog/eu-age-verification-app-hacked an interesting paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.19539 alt-titles: age verification is already collapsing. age verification failed its first real test. age verification keeps failing. they’re expanding it anyway. --- 🎙 my gear (amazon associate): ► Microphone - https://amzn.to/4rKPtcE ► Mouse - https://amzn.to/4ubkQyJ ► Keyboard - https://amzn.to/4rP41rE ► Earbuds - https://amzn.to/4u9ARoX ► Main Monitor - https://amzn.to/4aQsqr1 ► Mousepad - https://amzn.to/40bl5w0 ► XLR Interface - https://amzn.to/4aRwVSc