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
Pino Carafa@pojntfx It's a logical extension of phones running Apple or Google Operating Systems.
To remove that dependency we need to foster the development of an independent EU focused OS that can be installed on existing hardware or even subsidise EU based hardware. Not sure whether that could be, say, Nokia or a new player.
@pojntfx PS - sorry I thought you were based in the EU; not sure how I got that impression.