https://linuxiac.com/eu-age-verification-project-mandates-hardware-bound-attestation/The EU’s age verification project confirms >hardware-bound attestation is mandatory, raising concerns over Linux, custom ROMs, and open-source access.The European Union’s open-source age-verification project has drawn criticism after a maintainer confirmed that hardware-bound attestation is a mandatory architectural requirement, raising concerns about Linux, custom Android ROMs, and independently compiled applications.“Hardware-bound attestation is a requirement of this project, not an implementation detail we can simply drop,” a maintainer responded. The project invited alternative architectural proposals and said a dedicated security review and threat model would be published soon.The solution lets users prove they are over a certain age without revealing their name, exact birth date, or full identity document. To prevent credentials from being copied, cloned, or reused by modified clients, the project relies on keys stored in protected hardware.However, critics claim that this approach endangers the system by >making it dependent on a small number of approved devices, operating systems, and attestation providers.The project’s technical specification requires age verification apps to use native cryptographic hardware when available. However, stricter checks like root detection, Google Play Integrity, and Apple App Attest are not universally mandated by the reference implementation and may be left to individual deployers.This distinction matters because hardware-backed key storage does not require a server to approve the entire device, operating system, or application build.There is also a separate governance limitation. Proof of Age providers are expected to issue credentials only to applications included in a list of compliant apps maintained by the European Commission.
man it's been years when is this finally going to happen
>>540103714there is still no exact time limit
