For years, “know your customer” checks have become commonplace on the internet, often by way of sharing a copy of your government-issued ID and a selfie to confirm that it’s really you, to access a website or app, or to purchase certain goods.

Nowadays, age verification laws taking effect across the U.S., the United Kingdom, Australia, and beyond are also giving rise to an entire industry of ID-checking companies charged with granting you access to the “adult” web.

But uploading your identity details and selfie to a company’s servers has long had privacy advocates spooked and fearful that this sensitive information could be monetized, lost, or stolen in a data breach.

A new startup called TruSources aims to solve some of these privacy and security challenges by performing age verifi

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