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The Electronic Frontier Foundation argues that using zero-knowledge proofs to verify users’ ages does not address privacy and security risks and may add a centralized point of failure and misuse. The foundation cites vulnerabilities that emerged in a trial of the European digital identity wallet, including repeated acceptance of the same token without a new verification.
Google has announced the public availability of Device Bound Session Credentials on Chrome 146 for Windows users, with plans to expand the technology to macOS in a future release. The technology links login sessions to encryption keys stored in the device’s hardware, making stolen cookies unusable.