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20 points davidandgoli4th | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.201s | source

Hey HN! I’m Lukas Dickie the founder of Changefly and I’m truly excited to share with you our latest release of Changefly ID with Anonymized Identity & Age Verification.

By putting privacy first and using a novel approach to account protection, Changefly ID offers a path to a safer, more secure, and less-intrusive internet for everyone:

- Changefly ID for anonymous authentication + ANONYMIZED identity & age verification for services that are required to verify minimum age

- Zero-knowledge proofs, secure multi-party computation, temporary unique identifiers

- Protects against bot attacks, bot scraping, identity theft, phishing, credential stuffing, online tracking, and other evolving threats

Changefly ID + Anonymized Identity & Age Verification is like showing a bartender a “Yes, I’m over 21” hologram badge instead of handing them your driver’s license with your name, address, and birthdate. They get what they need—but none of what they shouldn’t have.

We’re just getting started and I’d love to hear what you think, what you’d like to see next, and any feedback you have.

https://changefly.com

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foxylad ◴[] No.44980146[source]
Seems to require an app. Which instantly gives ChangeFly my PII. Nope.

Anonymized identity requires some entity to certify that a given token proves what it says it does. That is an awesome power, and given the abuse of that power by private companies who have gained it in the past, I'm not going to give it to ChangeFly, whoever they are.

Which begs the question of who we DO trust enough to do provide this service. Perhaps our banks?

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1. davidandgoli4th ◴[] No.44990917[source]
Hey foxylad, I hear your frustration. Did you know everything you do on your phone and computer is through an app?

My name is Lukas Dickie and I'm the founder of Changefly. You can verify this by looking up our business registration with Washington State or contacting Troy Foster at Perkins Coie (https://perkinscoie.com/professionals/troy-foster). I have a long track record of working with governments and companies around the world.

For identity verification, Stripe is our current data processor and undergoes annual audits. Your identity is first verified by Stripe, secondly reprocessed for privacy on Changefly, then immediately deleted.

I encourage you to check out the links below to learn how the Changefly ID works and how Changefly is truly changing the game for privacy and security:

Changefly Anonymous Authentication FAQ: https://www.changefly.com/security

Changefly ID white paper: https://www.changefly.com/our-research

Changefly US Patent 12,301,546 B2: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12301546B2/en