Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅So, it turns out the German implementation of eIDAS (electronic ID wallet for e.g. age attestation) will require an Apple/Google account to function
Absolutely pathetic
If a German citizen gets sanctioned by the US government, once this is implemented (later this year), that means they will no longer be able to be a participating member of German society, e.g. to show their (digital) driver's license to traffic police
I've said it before an I'll say it again: This entire project of identity verification with Apple/Google-account bound mobile devices is going to lead the continent down a dark, dark path into full technological submission to the US
https://mastodon.social/@pojntfx/116345725515845020
A bit of an explanation
Tom@pojntfx that Google dependency is unacceptable. That said, there is no reason (other than "they want to") to require a Google account to use the Play store (to download free apps). From a GDPR perspective, that is already a breach of the law, and already should have been fixed.
@tdelmas The whole remote attestation thing should be dropped from the proposal. The rest of it is unfortunate (no ZKs at all, just signed credentials), but the remote attestation part is truly asinine. I have no idea how and why that decision was made. The people behind this are adding a path dependency on Google/Apple on something as simple as showing your ID to buy alcohol.
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Marcel Geveler
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theHastyOne@hannorein @unnon89 @EloPup @pojntfx @tdelmas never attribute malice to that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Lillian Violet@GLaDTheresCake @hannorein @unnon89 @EloPup @pojntfx @tdelmas
By stating that the requirement to have a google/icloud address is not malice, I am not condoning the actions. Stupid decisions by those in power are harmful. Those in power making stupid decisions are at best negligent. But i also believe that many in power simply do not grasp the technology they regulate.
To be clear, I am an American, currently living through a fascist take over powered by techno-oligarchy, due to the fact that my countries elected officials failed to create laws that govern technology appropriately