EU Commission makes available age verification blueprint

11 phtrivier 4 7/14/2025, 4:07:36 PM digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu ↗

Comments (4)

phtrivier · 5h ago
Technical details here: https://ageverification.dev/Technical%20Specification/archit...

I wonder if this is already something that has been veted by security experts, or if it's full of known / obvious vulnerabilities...

dvdkon · 2h ago
At a glance, it looks much better than all previous attempts I've seen. And I really appreciate that they're presenting technical documentation from the start instead of an opaque "trust us, it's safe".

I'd still like to see a third-party analysis of the privacy properties, though. And some way to use this without Google Play or iOS.

bko · 4h ago
I'm very skeptical of internet regulation and regulation in general, especially what Europe does (e.g. cookie banner, AI, overreaching right to forget). But I think it's insane that we somehow accept social media companies to have underage children on their site breaking the terms of service. Most of these companies deploy a lot of resources making sure we don't send out an offensive meme, use a bad word, or show a female areola, but when it comes to hosting content of 12 year olds, it turns a blind eye.

The fact that around 40% of US 8-12 year olds are on social media, against the policies is just insane and unacceptable.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK594759/

netsharc · 1h ago
Heck, I'm pretty certain they can probably profile the behavior of users to guess their age.. but the c**s would rather profit now rather than care about the future brains.