Post #740189

2026-02-20 13:02 UTC

Actions speak louder than words. I am unable to install EU Login app in my phone because I use LineageOS and not the Google Spy Android. Thus, I cannot use the double factor authentication, mandatory from the 25-02-2026 on unless I tell Google. A frontal attack to our #privacy. Stupid, no? @EUCommission

Replies (13)

@IvanSanchez@mastodon.social 2026-02-20 13:16

@jdelacueva@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu So in the hypothetical case I'd like to see the source code of that application to see why and how it uses google services, what would be the appropriate bureaucratic way to request it?

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@marcus113@pixelfed.social 2026-02-20 13:18

C'est con

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@phl@mastodon.social 2026-02-20 14:40

@jdelacueva@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Similarly, that banks can deny you service because you're using a non-Google-approved system (instead of a wildly more insecure chinesium Android that was abandoned 5 years ago, which is magically still okay to use somehow), is an absolute disgrace and just really shouldn't be a thing.

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@strangequark@dice.camp 2026-02-20 14:48

@jdelacueva@mastodon.social Besides the privacy risks, it seems reckless that a US Big Tech company should be gatekeeper on a European government website. I did manage to register my Yubikey but still... @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

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@bluishgreen@mastodon.social 2026-02-20 14:49

@jdelacueva@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu There should be other ways to login. I initially set up e-ID but my national agency did not let me use it, or said it shouldn't be used even though it was theoretically possible on the EU website. But i understand the trouble, when I have issues with some EU systems they tell me to use Google Chrome because that's what they optimise for, and I find that so frustrating.

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@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social 2026-02-20 15:31

Yikes, @jdelacueva@mastodon.social ! @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

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@5ombr4@mastodon.social 2026-02-20 15:57

@jdelacueva@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu This has to stop.

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@DMTomas@mastodon.social 2026-02-20 16:01

@jdelacueva@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu my knowledge is at least 10/15 years old, but this might be not your bank’s stupid requirement, it’s one of Visa’s or Mastercard’s. I had to be certified by Visa/Mastercad/Amex to do eft interfaces, not by banks. And when specific transactions were declined I had to contact specific departments and read pages of docs till I find the clause that says exactly the opposite than they were telling me for several days…

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@pizzaclick@hachyderm.io 2026-02-20 16:55

@jdelacueva@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Is this "EU Login app" the following: > The EU Login app is developed by the European Commission to facilitate your day-to-day Multi-factor authentication for many EU applications and services. from: https://trusted-digital-identity.europa.eu/creating-managing-and-using-your-eu-login-account/eu-login-mobile-application_en ?

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@phil@newsie.social 2026-02-20 17:46

@jdelacueva@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Would it be possible to install Aurora Store on your LineageOS phone instead of Google Play Store?

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@Nomys_Tempar@framapiaf.org 2026-02-20 18:25

@jdelacueva@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu That's pretty much all why I have an emulated android on my pc.

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@melissawm@pynews.com.br 2026-02-20 18:43

@jdelacueva@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu olha o que vc tava falando hoje mais cedo @cadusilva@bolha.one , não é só aqui 🙃

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@BauBauS@mastodon.social 2026-02-20 19:13

@jdelacueva@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu File a complain, and use as much sarcasm as possible.

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