Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass

Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by Semaphor on Thursday February 12, 2026 @01:19AM (#46985420)

Do all EU countries have that? I know our (German) ID works that way, using the FOSS AusweisApp, but I hadn’t heard of it being EU-wide (it should be, though).

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by trinix912 on Thursday February 12, 2026 @04:05AM (#46986480)

It's been a slow rollout but yes, it's an EU wide thing. Slovenian IDs issued after around 2022 have them too.

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by fcatalan on Thursday February 12, 2026 @01:36AM (#46985505)

Spanish ID cards have had an X. 509 cert inside them for more than 10 years, I use it all the time to sign documents and access government sites. There is already legislation and a push for an EU-wide digital identity wallet that should be up and running this year, look up eidas 2.0 and the EUDI wallet.

That looks like it should make things like privacy compatible age verification "trivial".

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Re:Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass by Semaphor on Thursday February 12, 2026 @02:33AM (#46985860)

Thanks, that looks very cool, and apparently close to coming into effect.

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