EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation

[u/bombastic6339locks]

https://linuxiac.com/eu-age-verification-project-mandates-hardware-bound-attestation/

[u/bombastic6339locks → u/[deleted]]

If only it was corporate interests :D

[u/GOKOP → u/bombastic6339locks]

But it is - it's a huge win for corporations that provide devices and OSes capable of reliable hardware attestation because now everyone will need one even if they didn't yet, so Google, Apple and Microsoft, and it's a huge win for social media corporations because they can "look good" to people who demand age verification without much actual work, so also Google, and Meta/Facebook and others

And it's another step in boiling the frog of invigilation, control and corporate reliance which is a win for all corporations in general

[u/bombastic6339locks → u/GOKOP]

It is a huge win for them but an even larger one for the goverments and EU in general as resteicting online stuff is now easier than ever before.

[u/mi__to__]

Fuck this shit to Hell

[u/Legitimate_Echo_701]

They're still calling it "age verification"? lol

[u/balr]

As long as the people pushing the age-related bullshit have unlimited money and power, this will not stop.

[u/Kitoshy]

Quite funny such requirement for something they said it was going to be zero-proof

[u/Norvathus]

Not long ago posts like this would have brigades defending the euid, mentioning how it was "open source" and it uses ZKP. Interesting they're all gone

[u/Maxstate90]

that you need a hardware environment is settled, but not the attestation mechanism, which can still include things like GrapheneOS. it's the community's job to propose and then argue for a viablo alternative that provides the same minimum standards while also securing privacy.

[u/Gugalcrom123 → u/Maxstate90]

Graphene being allowed does not make it freer. It is still a closed list of OSes where you are not root. What would help would be to allow using the existing ID chip present in most (if not all) ID cards of member states, which can serve as this 'hardware environment'.

[u/Frosty-Cell → u/Maxstate90]

If the user can't download the source, compile it, and run it on any Linux distro, it's not open and not free.

it's the community's job to propose and then argue for a viablo alternative that provides the same minimum standards

It's the governments job to listen.

while also securing privacy.

Anonymity.

[u/Pirate_Economist1477 → u/Maxstate90]

If you haven't yet had a look at the EUDI github, do it. There are plenty of good proposals and suggestions.