A government endpoint would also be a very spicy target, even if (and that’s a big IF) they programmed it correctly and didn’t store any verification info outside of RAM and had the internal data references locked down tight.
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TehPers@beehaw.org 4 days agoThis depends on how the verification is done, in my opinion, as well as whether there is a presence of more anonymous alternatives.
If the EU has a system which does not rely on third parties for verification and allows the platform to verify directly with a government-run service, then the only real issue there is lack of anonymity, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing on a platform if there are also popular anonymous alternatives people can use when they want to.
The article doesn’t go into how ID verification will work though. If it’s through third parties like how the US does it, then that’s disgusting and waiting to be breached.
MotoAsh@piefed.social 4 days ago
0xtero@beehaw.org 4 days ago
The EU has been driving union wide “Digital Identity Wallet” It’s documented here: ec.europa.eu/…/EU+Digital+Identity+Wallet+Home
TehPers@beehaw.org 4 days ago
I suspected there was something. Last time I saw ID verification in the EU mentioned here, I think someone mentioned this there as well. Thanks for the link!