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The new age verifying app for the EU will only accept Google Play integrity for Android, de-facto banning any aftermarket OS like GrapheneOS (github.com)

submitted 1 week ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/42943610

Taken from the readme of the app on github:

The current release provides only basic functionality, with several key features to be introduced in future versions, including:

App and device verification based on Google Play Integrity API and Apple App Attestation

Additional issuance methods beyond the currently implemented eID based method.

These planned features align with the requirements and methods described in the Age Verification Profile.

There is an issue opened to remove this as it's basically telling us that to verify our age in the EU an American corporation has the last word, making it not only a privacy nightmare but a de-facto monopoly on the phone market that will leave out of the verification checks even the fairphone (european) with /e/os.

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[-] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 30 points 1 week ago

Am I being paranoid that supplying your ID or face to use certain services will make it easier for the state or bad actors to identify activists? I haven't bothered to read into this situation.

Like all of a sudden, reddit isn't so private now (not that it really was before).

[-] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 week ago

You’re not being paranoid, this is probably one of the intended uses of this technology. Being able to pretend to care about the children is just set dressing.

Any government-level “for the kids” effort that doesn’t start with paying teachers more than a pittance is a transparent push for something else.

[-] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago

Nope, that's exactly what will happen. I dunno if I'd call it "intended" (at least not by the politicians that will put it forward), but the various state intelligence apparatus are absolutely banking on it.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 9 points 1 week ago

That's exactly why we need to stop this law ASAP. It's dangerous and anti-democratic. Who cares if some kids see some titties on the web? Seriously...

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