There is no way to prove definitively that the person using the credential is the same person using the Internet. Hell there’s barely enough of a way to prove that there is a human sitting behind your device.
This is why age/identify verification is pointless.
It’s not a guarantee, but generally, digital ID systems live on the phone of one person only and require a screen lock to use. You’re right though, that there is nothing preventing someone else from borrowing another’s identity.
There is no way to prove definitively that the person using the credential is the same person using the Internet. Hell there’s barely enough of a way to prove that there is a human sitting behind your device.
This is why age/identify verification is pointless.
It was really hard for me not to claim I’m a minor on Lemmy NSFW, I knew I should not do it, after getting naked on there, would cause TOO MUCH chaos.
It’s not a guarantee, but generally, digital ID systems live on the phone of one person only and require a screen lock to use. You’re right though, that there is nothing preventing someone else from borrowing another’s identity.