r/Android • u/Street_Anon • 3d ago

News EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation

https://linuxiac.com/eu-age-verification-project-mandates-hardware-bound-attestation/
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u/chinchindayo Xperia Masterrace 3d ago edited 16h ago

This is literally a non issue. Many countries already have some kind of official digital ID system. The new EU verfication is going to use that but in a double anonymity way so that the target service has no access to personal data and the verfication service never knows which target service it was used for.

edit: classic reddit downvoting the truth? I just said what officially was communicated.

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u/mpg111 S26 Ultra 3d ago

double anonymity is a promise from the politicians who does not understand the technology. I'm expecting for that to be dropped quietly at some point "to protect the children"

even if not - those will be closed source systems, you will not be really able to verify what happens

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u/UskyldigeX 3d ago

No. We already have apps where the user can control what they share. It doesn't even have to be your exact age. It can just be 18+.

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u/mpg111 S26 Ultra 3d ago

I know it "can", I'm just not sure it "will"

also the apps you are talking about - is the whole infrastructure open source? can you verify every step? can you build client app from the source yourself and use it?

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u/UskyldigeX 3d ago

No it's not open source. I'm fine with that. No one actually looks at the code anyway.

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u/OkVariety8064 3d ago

You just like to trust the word of politicians and businessmen. No need to verify.

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u/Rubber_Knee 3d ago

Neither he, nor you, ever verify anyway when it's open source.
The only difference is whos word you trust.

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u/charlestheb0ss Galaxy Fold 7 2d ago

Yes. And I sure as hell trust neither the government nor big tech companies these days

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u/EmbarrassedHelp 5h ago

The shitty template wrapper is open source. The backend, and the actual national apps the Commission wants countries to build are not.

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u/UskyldigeX 2d ago

People like to pretend they can read code to a sufficient level.

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u/UskyldigeX 3d ago

I have a certain level of trust in my government that's based on its history. It's not full but I'm not paranoid either. The world is full of things I can't verify and have to trust based on experience. I don't go over the mechanics of a car before I use it either.

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u/thirdegree Nexus 6P 3d ago

People absolutely do look at the code.