Cyber experts say the EU's age verification app has glaring privacy and security problems; after saying it was ready, EU officials say the app is “still a demo”
Cyber experts say they have found holes in Brussels' age verification app, despite claims by the EU executive that it is “technically ready.”
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Discussion
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r/europe
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Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it took them 2 minutes to break it.
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@noaasm
Norman
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The EU's unveiling of a mobile app to check people's age online has quickly turned sour, as cybersecurity experts found glaring privacy and security problems with the code and it took them 2 minutes to hack the app — www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...
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@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
Zack Whittaker
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Embarrassing times for the European Commission after security researchers found flaws within minutes of using its age verification app. https://www.politico.eu/... (ICYMI: I have a blog post on why age verification laws are a bad idea to begin with: https://this.weekinsecurity.c…
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@andrewducker@mastodon.scot
Andrew Ducker
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Link Post: Europe's Anonymous Online Age Verification App Is Here https://www.wired.com/... [image]
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r/privacy
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Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it takes 2 minutes to break it.
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r/neoliberal
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Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it took them 2 minutes to break it.
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@katebevan.com
Kate Bevan
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Open-source code: good, because nerds and experts can kick its tyres. Red-teaming *before* you release your open-source app: better, so that they find the problems *before* the nerds and experts kick the tyres and embarrass you with the easily found issues you should have alread…
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@iainthomson
Iain Thomson
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Given government plans in this area, and the enormously high stakes involved in verification, you'd think the EU could do better than this. Then again, experience shows it's hardly surprising - government isn't good at building apps.
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r/eutech
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EU's age verification app took hackers 2 minutes to hack
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Paul Walsh
Paul Walsh
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Unsurprisingly, the EU's new age verification app ran into trouble almost immediately after release, with security researchers exposing practical ways it could be broken. …
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@davelee.me
Dave Lee
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Still yet to hear a good reason why Apple and Google aren't solving this. www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...