Re:EU age verification app to ban any Android system not lic...
by jeroenhd on Monday July 28, 2025 @02:11AM
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iOS also be supported and will use Apple's remote attestation capabilities. But, as there are no real alternative ROMs for iOS devices, only Android users are really affected by this.
From a legal point of view, the app should be a reliable convenience feature and not replace traditional (physical) identity verification. How much your dad will be affected will depend on how shitty and lazy the services he uses are. If he doesn't use a phone or a computer, he probably won't notice the difference.
Re:EU age verification app to ban any Android system not lic...
by Aachen on Monday July 28, 2025 @04:35AM
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You can also buy an Apple device but that was never your device to begin with so nothing is lost when the EU requires Apple to be the only party with the capability to modify what your device can run
My dad gets by in his "my dad" way of life without a mobile phone at all, I wonder how much longer this will be possible. I was about to rant about being forced to have a mobile if you want to participate in society, but then he uses a desktop for some of the services for which the rest of us use a mobile, so my rant falls down in that, for a while now, to participate in society you've needed either a computer or a mobile.
Hopefully computer-only can eke out some kind of base-adequate participation for a while longer.