TBH, as someone from the US it's both horrifying and somewhat reassuring to know that we're somehow not the worst right now.

As usual, it's the implementation that matters.

Someone jumped at me for comparing EU and MAGA to Stalin's and Hitler's regimes, quote, "arguing in newspapers whose worker class has been liberated more". Like they are not equal at all and all such.

EID can be used for anonymous age verification. It doesn't even need to give out your birthday and can attest to any "over the age of X" requirement.

Ref: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Buerger/Inhalte/Telematik-Statistik-Verkehr-Bildung/Meldewesen-Statistik/Der_Personalausweis.html

Sorry to horrify you but we are definitely worse.

Ah, better than what we have in Estonia then

What is it with everyone being obsessed with porn censorship suddenly? Why is this a trend?

At first I thought it's about control and data gathering, but this seems like too much of a genuine attempt at such a system. Why is the government so obsessed with parenting and nannying the citizens?

This has been discussed a while back, at least here in NL as far as I know it started because of legalising online gambling for which you need to be identified. Also, due to GDPR, businesses aren't allowed to make copies of ID's/passports/driving licences any more which is required for certain businesses (notaries, accountants, etc). In my office we currently use some kind of identification software, but it isn't anonyms because well we wouldn't be able to do our job.

This is just my speculation, so take it as you will. The EU has been pushing for digital ID cards for quite a while, and this is just another attempt. The last serious attempt was the Covid vaccination passport, but so many people still opted for paper certs, and the rest deleted the app when vaccination was no longer mandatory, that it failed again. So, now the authorities are becoming smart and trying to go through the vector that has a proven record of driving technological change: porn.

Edit: German eID works on any Android btw., flawless actually. I sure hope I can use that for verification

Same in Italy... I mean, I can pay taxes with that application but I cannot be verified for my age ? Seriously EU ?

Too many bots online I'd like to know if I'm talking to a real sockpuppet when I'm online :D...but just for that and only share data from my "wallet id" on a strict need to know basis.

IMEI is PII

Why is the government so obsessed with parenting and nannying the citizens?

I think it's because people from outside the traditional political families are getting popular votes.

For the established politicians, blaming "the internet" and building a supressing censorship machine is easier than looking in the mirror and seeing where the discontent comes from.

Is it tied to my real identity?
If not it seems to me that it should be sufficient as to serve as a security this phone is legit and not emulated/compromised.

To avoid people from simply copying the "age proof" and having others reuse it, a nonce/private key combo is needed. To protect that key a DRM style locked down device is necessary. Conveniently removing your ability to know what your device is doing, just a "trust us".

Seeing the EU doesn't make any popular hardware, their plan will always rely on either Asian or US manufacturers implementing the black-box "safety" chip.

You should read more international news if you think either the EU or US is "the worst place". Somalia for example has been in civil war since the 1980s.

And the EU for their stupid fucking censorship

This sounds like a misunderstanding of gdpr to me?

What's going on with Europe lately? You all really want GOOGLE of all mega corps in control of your identity?

You're going the opposite way, it should be your right to install an alternate OS on your phone. If anything they should be banning Google licensed Android.

I just wanted the EU to fork lineageOS and provide it as an alternative in major chains.

Yes it's tied to your identity. That's what PII is. It's also not tied at all to your OS.