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European Age Verification solution documentation

26 mentions on Hacker News by 23 people: 4 stories, 22 comments · first 2025-07-30 · latest 2026-10-12

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  1. This is an excellently written article & an excellent bookmark to keep saved & reshare in future discussions around authentication. It comprehensively summarises a lot of thoughts I had had myself about Passkeys, much more eloquently than…
    comment by lucideer · 2026-10-12 · in Passkeys are a trap
  2. In the page: "This can be done via the EU age verification tool or other third-party solutions that offer reliable, secure and privacy-preserving means to verify the user’s age". It's well demonstrated by now "third-party solutions" do not…
    comment by 0x_rs · 2026-09-17 · in KIDS Act
  3. The EU age verification system requires tying yourself to Google/Apple [0] (ie will not work with GrapheneOS) which is a non-starter. This means you will need a mandatory Google/Apple account. What if your Google account gets banned? [0]…
    comment by nwlieb · 2026-09-04 · in Hackers had a live feed of every ID verification company scanned for over a year
  4. More information here about how the implementation enforces a Google/Apple duopoly: https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technic...
    comment by nwlieb · 2026-09-04 · in Hackers had a live feed of every ID verification company scanned for over a year
  5. > We would prefer the Play Integrity API being banned by regulators but this is good enough for now. Unfortunately, the EU is currently developing their age-verification-app, and it mandates hardware attestation[1], and it seems that their…
    comment by J-Kuhn · 2026-08-19 · in Devices with GrapheneOS support should be available in 2027
  6. Digital sovereignity is when we're forcing everyone to use Android or iOS in order to access online services? < https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technic... >
    comment by roundabout-host · 2026-07-30 · in Digital sovereignty is real in Europe. The UK? Not so much
  7. From what I can gather from the linked discussion it was started as a pull request or a issue and was transferred to a discussion later. Perhaps some data was lost there? If you expand the comments fully there is also mention of a nuked…
    comment by trashb · 2026-07-14 · in European "age verification" "app" forcing everyone to use Android or iOS
  8. I'm afraid you're wrong. Whitelabel/demo implementation specifically pushes FOR Google Play Integrity after being explained why that's a bad idea: https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technic... Via:…
    comment by subscribed · 2026-04-26 · in EU Age Control: The trojan horse for digital IDs
  9. https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technic... has an overview of the protocol so far. Annex B has the details on using ZKPs.
    comment by jeroenhd · 2026-04-21 · in Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break it
  10. I’m not sure what you are saying I am mixing up. The article links to the source code repository here: https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android... That links to the tech spec: > The solution leverages the existing eIDAS…
    comment by JimDabell · 2026-04-20 · in Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break it
  11. I wholeheartedly concur (see also: Linux phones), but what about device attestation requiring iOS or Google Play Integrity? That's my main worry, as age verification seems poised to making us dependent on those. Example: the EU Digital…
    comment by lejalv · 2026-03-04 · in Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable
  12. https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technic... https://www.forbes.com/sites/federicoguerrini/2025/08/10/who...
    comment by EmbarrassedHelp · 2026-02-23 · in The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection
  13. https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technic... > Since Proof of Age Attestations are designed for single use, the system must support the issuance of attestations in batches. It is recommended that each batch consist of…
    comment by petu · 2026-02-12 · in Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass
  14. The EU Digital Identity Wallet isn't zero knowledge. I mean it's just not. It relies on Google Play Integrity Attestation on Android and the iOS equivalent on Apple devices because those give it a revocation mechanism, and those aren't…
    comment by Mindwipe · 2026-02-01 · in Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social media
  15. can't wait for digital euro https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025... https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2025/html/ecb.sp251... i hope it will be part of the digital wallet initiative:…
    comment by thevania · 2025-12-30 · in HSBC blocks its app due to F-Droid-installed Bitwarden
  16. Than you haven't been watching the EU enough. They are currently working on MULTIPLE different omnibus laws that will make owning an Google or Apple Approved Phone, running Google or Apple Approved Firmware and using the Google or Apple…
    comment by IlikeKitties · 2025-11-10 · in Reminder to passengers ahead of move to 100% digital boarding passes
  17. EU's digital ID depends on EU citizens having either a Google account, or an Apple account https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technic...
    comment by randunel · 2025-10-02 · in EU funds are flowing into spyware companies and politicians demanding answers
  18. https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/2010 https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technic... https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/opening-up-ze... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44457390
    comment by tzs · 2025-09-30 · in Can you use GDPR to circumvent BlueSky's adult content blocks?
  19. The EU age verification system for the web is currently planned to rely on the Android/iOS anti-tampering device controls: https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technic... . None of the plans to achieve China's level of…
    comment by whatshisface · 2025-09-29 · in F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree
  20. Not surprised after the Play Integrity/hardware attestation debacle [1]. The arrogance and incompetence of people involved in this project is indistinguishable from malice. [1] https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technic...
    comment by dns_snek · 2025-09-25 · in EU age verification app not planning desktop support
  21. > This is misleading. They are merely exploring options that may allow for issuer unlinkability, but they are actually implementing a linkable solution based on standard ECDSA.. The repository we're commenting on has the following in the…
    comment by f_devd · 2025-09-24 · in EU age verification app not planning desktop support
  22. > Lots of people keep mentioning these conspiracy theories but I still don't buy it. EU is actively working on "age verification" through a digital wallet. Once that is in place it is a small step to wall off the entire Internet unless you…
    comment by mindcrash · 2025-07-30 · in YouTube to be included in Australia's social media ban for children under 16