The EU says its new age verification app protects privacy.
Then, researchers reportedly tore into the public code within days, found serious weaknesses, and the repo was already warning that the app was still a demo under active development.
When passports, IDs, and age checks meet rushed rollout, people are right to ask where this ends.
Are we building child safety tools, or normalising digital checkpoints for everyone?
https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-age-verification-app-ready-europe-moves-curb-childrens-social-media-access-2026-04-15/
#Privacy #DigitalID #Surveillance #EUID #AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #SelfSovereignty #DigitalRights
beitmenotyou1 / Michael J Burgess
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2026-04-21 22:58:47 UTC
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