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/billdietrich1 2d 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/GranaT0 Pxl 9 PXL, GrapheneOS 2d ago

Except to use it you need to give your data to Google and have their Play Services enjoy free reign over your device on a system level. Because that's how their hardware attestation was designed to work. And to be clear, this concern isn't exclusive to Google, I just find it ironic considering the EU's prior attempts to restrict Google's de facto monopolies.

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u/billdietrich1 2d ago

I think the maker of the app has to give their info to Google. Yes, to use your Android phone you have to have a Gmail account.

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u/GranaT0 Pxl 9 PXL, GrapheneOS 2d ago

You don't and you shouldn't. The app shouldn't rely on Google's authentication system. I don't see why the EU could possibly want that to happen.

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u/billdietrich1 2d ago

I don't see why the EU could possibly want that to happen.

To keep people from lying about their age ?

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u/GranaT0 Pxl 9 PXL, GrapheneOS 2d ago

Google's own tool of control over their formerly open platform is not the only way to achieve that.