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anonymous age credentials, sharing of
Suppose Alice is a CA who issues anonymous age credentials.
Bob is 15
Carol is 25
Carol gets a legitimate anonymous age credential from Alice bound to an
anonymous public key generated for this purpose. Carol then gives the
key pair to Bob. Bob uses to do things only adults are legally permitted
to do. (It's not bound to Carol's everday keypair because that's not
anonymous....)
What can stop Bob and Carol from subverting a scheme that relies on
anonymous age creditials in this manner?
If the answer is "nothing" this might mean that purveyors of "adult"
material might have no defense against a law requiring that they collect a
True Name + age creditential....
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