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If somebody who has access to your unlocked phone can access the data in the app, then this is something that should be tightened up but it\u2019s a substantial priv", "context": "", "use_case": "Proving age with credentials", "switched_from": "", "story": "Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break it"}, {"id": 750135648, "item_id": 46883478, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46883478", "by": "littlecranky67", "date": "2026-02-04", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The age verification is implemented in a pricacy-friendly way", "excerpt": "It is not preemptive cynicism, it is also unprobable becaues the EUDI [0], tech specs and example source code are open source and available on GitHub for everyone to review [1]. The age verification is implemented in a pricacy-friendly way, you can't even obtain the exact age during the verification step. The are brackets (such as 13+, 18+) and all the verifier gets is a \"yes\" or \"no\". 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Apparently protecting the children > sovereignity. https://gitlab.opencode.de/bmi/eudi-wallet/wallet-development-documentation-public/-/work_items/2", "context": "", "use_case": "EU digital identity wallet", "switched_from": "", "story": "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"}, {"id": 757213776, "item_id": 47325861, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47325861", "by": "chocmake", "date": "2026-03-10", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "EUDI has had various criticism with its approach for not supporting unlinkability", "excerpt": "EUDI has had various criticism with its approach for not supporting unlinkability (with the same attestation used across verifiers they can be traced to the same user). There are some long Github threads in the official repo along with a PDF[1] of cryptographer's feedback about the privacy issues. Also covered in this[2] article. 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