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Locked down devices will never preserve privacy since the government can just mandate spyware that you won't be able to remove. There is no form of digital ID that isn't evil, but …

Just say that the government will control every single device that's controlled to the Internet and they can add government viruses that you can't remove and they can remotely cont…

Exactly. And the funny thing is that the EU Age Verification App seems to be vulnerable to relay attacks anyway.

I expect the government will require ISPs to only allow connection from approved operating systems that only allow installation of approved apps so we can't do this. Not in the sho…

Probably by forcing VPNs to only allow approved operating systems to connect to the Internet via hardware attestation, then those operating systems will only allow users to install…

I'm not sure that is even possible with Secure Boot

Zero knowledge proofs exist in theory, but none of these age verification laws that are introduced use them, probably on purpose. I'm certain that every government will want to kno…

The people pushing for age verification have already said that they want to know who's behind every account on every website on the entire Internet. They won't accept any open or p…

The third world is also pushing Digital ID. In fact they would love it even more than the first world as it would allow for even more totalitarianism.

And it was a huge mistake. The laws are the same for everyone. If Apple can do this then so can Google.

Problem is a lot of apps require a locked-down device. You can't use a phone that isn't locked down in most of the world. And it will spread to PCs eventually.

The EU Digital Wallet requires hardware attestation so only it only works on locked-down government-approved OSes. That opens the door for government control of all electronic devi…

Zero knowledge proofs stops corporations from tracking you, but they don't stop the government from tracking which websites you visit. They also require hardware attestation for th…

I doubt banks or the government would ever white list something like Lineage that's not made by some megacorporation. Also IIRC most phones don't allow you to relock the bootloader…

Most banks don't know hardware tokens are a thing. They want everyone to use their app.

To avoid confusion, the actual name is Trusted Platform Module.

They won't need to do that. Once Google Play Integrity starts using remotely provisioned keys in a few years it will be impossible to hide root without exploiting a hardware or fir…

You don't own your PC either. All modern PCs have a Trusted Platform Module that the authorities can and will use to lock down PCs eventually. Multiplayer games are already using h…

The Vietnamese government has mandated all banking apps to detect if either the phone has been rooted, the bootloader has been unlocked, or ADB is enabled and force quit if that's …

You already need to submit to iOS or stock Android for a myriad of banking or government apps that use remote attestation to verify that you are running "untampered" software. Remo…

If you live in the EU please complain about Google's developer registration (and other anti-competitive stuff such as Google Play Integrity) here. The EU is asking for people's fee…

There is such a smartphone. But then you can't use your bank's app because it uses hardware attestation to ban alternative operating systems, and most banks require the app for 2FA…