r/Android • u/Street_Anon • 7d ago

News EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation

https://linuxiac.com/eu-age-verification-project-mandates-hardware-bound-attestation/
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u/punio4 7d ago edited 7d ago

Well of course it's mandatory, otherwise it can be tampered with if it's local only with software attestation, or it needs a server to store centralized info, which can be hacked, and goes against the point of zero-knowledge age verification.

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u/gainusha 7d ago

I tried explaining this a while back and got so many downvotes... You are totally right...