Google has added zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) technology to its Google Wallet platform to strengthen the privacy of users in digital identity systems.
The company confirmed This function is active and enables users to verify their age on apps, websites and devices, without announcing personal information.
According to Google:
“We will use ZKP where necessary in other Google products and work together with apps such as Bumble, which will use digital IDs from Google Wallet to verify user identity and ZKP to verify age.”
In addition, the tech giant has plans to open its ZKP tools, allowing other wallet providers and developers to use privacy-first authentication systems.
This development stems from Google’s efforts to create a privacy retention of identity layer, especially because more online services such as dating platforms require age validation. It explained:
“Since many sites and services require age verification, we wanted to develop a system that not only verifies the age, but also in a way that protects your privacy.”
Zero knowledge certificates are cryptographic tools with which one party can confirm a fact to the other without revealing the underlying data.
In particular, ZKPs are already used in blockchain ecosystems such as Cardano and Ethereum to enable private transactions, identity verification and scalable solutions. Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has also emphasized their potential in areas such as sabotage-resistant voices, supply chain tracking and data security.
In the meantime, Google’s adoption from ZKPS has received a praise from the cryptoma humanity, many of whom see it as validation for a technology that has long been defended in the blockchain room.
Rob Viglione, co-founder of Horizen Labs, said CryptoSlate That the movement of Google ‘is a clear signal that privacy-driven innovations become mainstream and that zero knowledge will become one of the most transforming usage scenarios of crypto [that benefits] Daily users.
He added:
“It is exciting to see that leading companies acknowledge that privacy should not be a luxury or a side issue; it should be a standard.”
