EU age checks could leave desktop Linux holding a phone
A proposed age-verification architecture puts hardware-bound attestation at its center, raising a compatibility problem for devices outside the Apple and Android path.
The EU age-verification project’s proposed hardware attestation would bind proof to a device credential. HN’s practical objection was immediate: a desktop Linux user may need a separate supported phone just to complete a web check.
A privacy tool also chooses which hardware counts
Linuxiac’s report describes an EU age-verification design that requires hardware-bound attestation. The intended benefit is harder-to-forge proof, but the architecture also determines which devices can present it directly.
The thread turns compatibility into policy
In the HN discussion, commenters distinguished secure hardware in general from a system dependent on a narrow set of mobile ecosystems. That is the important design review: a verification scheme can minimize one kind of fraud while making participation conditional on owning an approved device.
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