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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 11 points 1 day ago

They wouldn’t see what sites you give the tokens to — unless those sites choose to phone home, for some reason.

You log in to the government site
You ask for a token to prove your age/gender/whatever
You copy the token
You go to the age/gender-restricted site
You provide the token
The restricted site asks the government site how to verify any arbitrary token (but doesn’t mention your specific token)
The restricted site verifies the token