The State of Age Verification in 2026
Governments are mandating age verification. Most of the solutions on offer have fundamental flaws that compromise user privacy. Here is an honest look at the landscape.
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June 2026 security incidents
In June 2026, two separate attackers exploited vulnerabilities in deprecated Aztec rollup contracts. Both contracts had been fully relinquished by Aztec Labs since April 2024.
Read more →Getting Age Verification (More) Right
Governments are moving towards mandatory online age verification. We have serious disagreements with that direction, and concrete suggestions on what a better architecture looks like.
Read more →Aztec Labs Acquires ZKPassport
Identity verification is broken. We are acquiring Obsidion, the team behind ZKPassport, to fix it.
Read more →Aztec Labs: Privacy Products for Real Users
After eight years building the Aztec Network, it is live in Alpha. Here is what comes next for Aztec Labs.
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