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EU age verification app announced to protect children online (www.dw.com)
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[–] alakey@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The tool could soon help users prove their age online without sharing personal data

Once released, users will be able to download the app from an app store and set it up using proof of identity, such as a passport or national ID card.

Officials say the app will be "completely anonymous" and built on open-source technology, meaning it could also be adopted outside the EU.

The fuck am I reading?

[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

What's your confusion?

Here's the German open source app https://github.com/Governikus/AusweisApp

[–] marv99@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can read how it works here https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet and a decent summary here https://feddit.org/post/28546687/12555790 There are already apks downloadable from their repos for testing purposes.

[–] alakey@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

Thanks, the article was entirely useless, just glazing the proposal.

While this is a better turd than k-ID and the likes, it's still a turd. What is this supposed to achieve? Doesn't stop kids from accessing anything, but hinders VPN usability (tunneling into ID requiring locations is going to be useless, as you can't verify) and lays out the foundation for labeling anything as "adult" content, which we all know never stops at actual adult content.