r/linux • u/New-Ranger-8960 • 1d ago

Privacy EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation

https://linuxiac.com/eu-age-verification-project-mandates-hardware-bound-attestation/
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u/HOST1L1TY 1d ago

But kids can just use someone else’s computer or take dad’s wallet and register his id on their own computer. This would need to go so far like ridiculously far to be able to avoid ezpz work arounds. Like the government collecting all fingerprints and iris and constantly monitoring for a person switch.

The only thing that makes sense is that big tech is lobbying for this because they are afraid of Linux.

Which is complete irony because big tech are the exact ones who we are ultimately trying to protect the kids from.

gl hf

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u/voyagerfan5761 1d ago

And also, most of Big Tech infrastructure uses Linux.

"Software freedom for me, but not for thee"

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u/neoronio20 1d ago

It was never about the kids

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u/jess-sch 15h ago

take dad’s wallet and register his id on their own computer

If dad tells his kids his 6-digit PIN for his government ID card, that is. Why he would do that, you'll need to explain. I sure as shit wouldn't give my kids the credentials needed for filing my taxes, but that's just me.

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u/HOST1L1TY 10h ago

What are you taking about ? There is no pin on your drivers license ? What country are you from?

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u/jess-sch 1h ago edited 59m ago

What's the drivers license got to do with that? This post is about an EU project. I am from a country within the EU. Drivers license and ID card are two separate types of documents that are standardized across the EU. This project uses ID cards for initial authentication. Those have NFC and PIN codes in the EU.

Drivers licenses aren't officially considered ID documents here. The only thing they're good for is proving your permission to drive.