Post #1222542

2026-04-17 00:48 UTC

It is ironic that the European Commission has introduced a verification method by which its citizens must have their smartphones with them all the time. https://theprivacydad.com/a-first-look-at-the-eu-age-verification-app/ #eu #ageverification #mobilephones #privacy @vonderleyen@respublicae.eu @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

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@Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com 2026-04-17 13:10

@theprivacydad@social.linux.pizza @vonderleyen@respublicae.eu @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu It's not ironic at all. Such evil surveillance is a goal of the EU. It is not correct that the program is "open source", as it's not even source-available - it's dependant on proprietary libraries and it's also only built with google's proprietary compiler.

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@sophietkd@infosec.exchange 2026-04-17 01:25

@theprivacydad @vonderleyen @EUCommission While that is true, I wonder who isn't carrying a smartphone all the time.

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@lil5@social.last.nl 2026-04-17 08:24

@theprivacydad @vonderleyen @EUCommission Who hurt these pro-GooglePlayIntegrityAPI devs? https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android-wallet-ui/issues/73 https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android-wallet-ui/issues/29#issuecomment-3237003749 https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android-wallet-ui/issues/11

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@wille@social.linux.pizza 2026-04-26 17:34

@theprivacydad@social.linux.pizza @vonderleyen@respublicae.eu @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu I agree and at the same time find that since most people already have a phone on them at all times, it seems like an obvious choice. What would an alternative to the mobilephone be in your opinion?

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