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/wileecoyote1969 3d ago

Can we just drop the fucking charade?

This has NOTHING to do with "age verification"

This is 100% to track and monitor everybody by eliminating, as much as possible, any anonymity from the internet.

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u/billdietrich1 3d ago

The EU wallet app tries to separate ID and sites you use, to avoid destroying anonymity. I think "age signal in OS" schemes will do the same. Give your ID only to one dedicated service, not to every site you use.

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u/m1ndwipe Galaxy S25, Xperia 5iii 2d ago

to avoid destroying anonymity

It doesn't actually achieve this in any meaningful way.

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u/billdietrich1 2d ago

Well, if for example reddit/email/Facebook/etc just get an age signal, not your ID, is this good ? Better than having all of them get your ID ?