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EU age verification app announced to protect children online (www.dw.com)
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[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

At the core it's just a website, if you are able to get online to require an age check, you'll be able to access the system to generate the tickets - aka, electronically signed certificates.

the app works on any device – phone, tablet, computer, you name it. -https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/da/statement_26_817

[EDIT] Oh, and the phone app should AFAIK, work offline, kinda in the same way a 2FA code app does.

[–] Noja@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

I guarantee you this will not work on Linux because they also want this to be an identity verification app.