A new report has highlighted privacy issues with Yoti, the age verification software used by PlayStation along with Meta and TikTok. Researchers found that the tool collects more user data than needed and shares it with other parties. The findings were presented earlier this month at a major security conference.
The report titled “Papers, Please: A First Look at Age Verification on the Web” was presented on May 18 at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy. It states that Yoti, used by 60 percent of sites requiring age checks, gathers high-resolution device details such as OS version strings, available RAM, connection type, and CPU architecture. These details are described as unnecessary for age estimation and could enable device tracking.
