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EU is often portrayed as overly bureaucratic, slow moving. The way this app was developed seems more in the line of "move fast, break things".
I don't know if that says something about the EU, or about the EU-naysayers, but I thought it was worth pointing out.
Note that this is an implementation of eIDAS: https://www.eudi-wallet.eu/ The point of this is that you can use the credentials on your phone to prove that you are an adult to a website using zero-knowledge proofs to avoid disclosing your identity to anybody. If somebody who has access to your unlocked phone can access the data in the app, then this is something that should be tightened up but it’s a substantial priv…
Why does this app even exist? Why is everyone in this thread so okay with more surveillance? It’s ironic that people are arguing over technicalities instead of tackling the moral and societal impact of age verification.
As a society, we broadly agree shops should check ID before selling kids alcohol. It is not that crazy to extend that online.
> "Now, when we say it's a final version, it's ... still a demo version." He added the final product is not yet available for citizens and "the code will be constantly updated and improved … I cannot today exclude or prejudge if further updates will be required or not."
The whole idea of this age requirement is ridiculous in the first place, changing the focus to how good or bad the unnecessary tools are is nothing but a nice distraction.
This all feels a bit like letting children into a nightclub and then needing to see ID every time you buy a drink.
... isn't this how most bars/pubs work?
Oh God not this stupid tweet again. He's "hacking" it from a rooted phone. You can't just willy nilly edit those files like that on a normal phone. Fml I would've written a CN under that. On top of that they didn't infiltrate anything.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s very common throughout English. The Russian government is refered to as Moscow, US as Washington. It’s the same and doesn’t refer to residents. It’s known as synecdoche. In other words, sorry but it’s here to stay.
If there was a major event in Belgium, which city would the news outlets refer to in order to avoid ambiguity?
So ‘Brussels suffered a deadly fire’ will always refer to the city. ‘Brussels decides on new aircraft regulations’ will almost always refer to either the city government, the Belgian government, or the EU Parliament headquartered there. Brussels is just an exceptional case because there is so much based there, as opposed to the Hague or the Vatican.
The “hack” in question is pointing out that the app forgets to delete images of the user's face and ID (stored). A lot of people have pictures of their face already on the phone, and often their ID as well so this is hardly a security flaw in any real sense.
"Lots of people choose to keep their key under their mat, so our lock not stopping anyone is hardly a security flaw in any real sense".
Please stop saying "Brussels" to mean the EU. It's a nasty trick to give the idea that it's some kind of external entity forcing your country to do something. It's not. It's an assembly. And it's insulting to people from Brussels. I don't want this any more than you do.
It’s very common throughout English. The Russian government is refered to as Moscow, US as Washington. It’s the same and doesn’t refer to residents. It’s known as synecdoche. In other words, sorry but it’s here to stay.