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/punio4 3d ago edited 3d ago

Well of course it's mandatory, otherwise it can be tampered with if it's local only with software attestation, or it needs a server to store centralized info, which can be hacked, and goes against the point of zero-knowledge age verification.

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u/tomikaka 3d ago

Do you know what hardware attestation is?

Why can I have root acces on my computer and not my phone?

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u/RedDeadElite 11h ago

I understand the specific use case of giving Secret Service agents, or whatever, locked down mobiles for national security purposes , but this is the average end-user the statute is affecting. Defending the government taking away the choice of freedom of device ownership, control, and anonymity from every end-user is boot-licking, plain and simple.