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EU age verification app announced to protect children online (www.dw.com)
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[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 8 points 15 hours ago

Say you get all of that, you'd be willing to trust them? Security is a continuous battle in which the defender mostly try to make the hack not worthy.

The most valuable the dataset, the more resources bad actors will be willing to spend on the hacking.

A database of "everyone"? You can imagine the appeal!

And accountability here means what? The gov gets a fine it pays to itself? A gov employee takes the blame, then what?