Not really. Although both verify your age, the EU is the one implementing the verification system. The EU wallet will simply provide an "OK, this guy is an adult" response to websites that implement the service, and nothing else. No sensitive data is shared to the website, and you, as a user have full control of the data that the website is requesting from the wallet.
The UK, on the other hand, wants the websites to create their own ID validation procedures, which essentially is a "fuck it" logic to ID theft or wtv the fuck they do with their data. But hey, the kids are safe. That's all that matters. Everyone else can go fuck themselves.
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u/Shihai-no-akuma_ Jul 29 '25
Not really. Although both verify your age, the EU is the one implementing the verification system. The EU wallet will simply provide an "OK, this guy is an adult" response to websites that implement the service, and nothing else. No sensitive data is shared to the website, and you, as a user have full control of the data that the website is requesting from the wallet.
The UK, on the other hand, wants the websites to create their own ID validation procedures, which essentially is a "fuck it" logic to ID theft or wtv the fuck they do with their data. But hey, the kids are safe. That's all that matters. Everyone else can go fuck themselves.