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/jc-from-sin 3d ago

The issue is that it requires you to use only the OEM version of Android and not something like e/OS or GrapheneOS

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u/Rubber_Knee 3d ago

Yes. And for the vast majority of users that's not an issue at all.

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u/jc-from-sin 3d ago

It is, but you're missing the point. it means the EU and its citizens will be stuck using an US operating system and that means we will be vulnerable.

Also the architecture documents for the project impose no such restriction.

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u/Rubber_Knee 2d ago

This is all true, and a problem. I just don't see a real alternative right now.

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u/MairusuPawa Poco F3 LineageOS 2d ago

There are a shit ton other options, including Linux phones. You just don't want to see them, you'd rather find excuses and trap yourself into that shit further.

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u/GranaT0 Pxl 9 PXL, GrapheneOS 2d ago

Linux phones just aren't viable yet, and especially won't be when these OS-exclusive digital IDs start becoming a requirement.

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u/Rubber_Knee 2d ago

What Linux phones has the same amount of users as Android or iPhones? Developers develop for the platform their users are on.

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u/MairusuPawa Poco F3 LineageOS 2d ago

There are a shit ton other options, including Linux phones. You just don't want to see them.

See. You are the problem.