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The Digital Credentials API: Browsers Are Building an Age-Verification Layer Nobody Asked to Build

A new W3C API lets sites request a cryptographic age proof from a phone's wallet instead of a photo-ID upload. Here's what it actually reveals — and what it doesn't.

By Palancar · 5 min · 6 October 2026