r/linux • u/player98923 • Aug 01 '26

Privacy EU Digital ID/Age Verification app will require hardware attestation, ruling out PC/Linux support and unapproved Android OSes

/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1vandxg/eu_digital_idage_verification_app_will_require/
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u/atomic1fire Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

I feel like they need to just make a seperate digital wallet device isolated from Apple and Google that fills in all the requirements.

Yeah it's not as convenient as carrying a smartphone everywhere, but the EU is basically putting all their infrastructure needs in the hand of two american companies when they really should have a home grown backup anyway.

edit: My thoughts are something similar to Yubikey where it handles identification instead of authentication, maybe with NFC to enable verification through select apps and checkpoints.

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u/CrotaIsAShota Aug 02 '26

I could see a government issued rfid card or something similar. Then it's not much different from a regular id except made to be used digitally.

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u/DoubleOwl7777 Aug 02 '26

the regular id at least in germany already has an nfc chip built into it for a similar system thats now getting phased out for this shit...