"Privacy preserving age verification" is bullshit

Re:"Privacy preserving age verification" is bullshit by number6 on Thursday August 14, 2025 @04:31PM (#44905346)

I think it does not know. The app is open source and it just sends the Boolean. The government just gives out the id cards - they are not involved in the verification process

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Re:"Privacy preserving age verification" is bullshit by Hamuko on Thursday August 14, 2025 @05:30PM (#44905931)

I know the whitelabel EU app is open source but are the derivatives going to be? As far as I understand it, every EU country will release its own version of the app.

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Re:"Privacy preserving age verification" is bullshit by number6 on Friday August 15, 2025 @01:14AM (#44908841)

I am talking about the German AusweisApp:

https://github.com/Governikus/AusweisApp

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Re:"Privacy preserving age verification" is bullshit by subscribed on Friday August 15, 2025 @02:47AM (#44909311)

And it's actually a good thing and not bad. EU version explicitly requests Google or Apple attestation, which at least on Android is astonishing overreach, since theres Hardware Attestation API that can confirm the platform integrity better (instead of confirming old, unpatched handsets with leaked keys are secure, LOL).

Hopefully some countries will do it the correct way.

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