A new tool is cooking in the EUs regulatory arsenal.
  • somewa@suppo.fiEnglish
    23·
    10 hours ago

    I hate this shit when stealing peoples privacy - a fundamental right - is dressed as protecting children.

    • huppakee@feddit.nlEnglish
      21·
      4 hours ago

      I don’t like this either, but I refuse to believe their real goal is ‘stealing’ peoples privacy’ (though you can’t really steal it because you can’t own someone else their privacy, but that’s another story). I think it is much more because of ignorance and naivety, unaware of the negative consequences. I can imagine there is a more benevolent lobby behind the scenes that would benefit from this, but EU isn’t oppresive enough to benefit from accessing private data from ‘regular’ people.

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zipEnglish
    4·
    8 hours ago

    Ok, on one hand we finally get a db of all the vampires & other such immortals, but fuck this anti-privacy shit.

    The article doesn’t mention how it works, if the app is “offline” (more akin to mfa), just that it doesn’t forward your data to sites.

    However:

    It’s positioned as a temporary solution that will be superseded by the EU Digital Identity Wallet that’s expected to launch in 2026, which aims to provide a way for “European citizens, residents and businesses to prove who they are when accessing digital services” and a place to “safely store, share and sign important digital documents.”

    Afaik the digital wallet’s goal is still to have online anonymity for stuff like third parties.

    But why are we doing this app if it will get so little use (maybe they’ll refuse same APIs later with the wallet?)?