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”
Politico
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Discussion
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Paul Walsh
Paul Walsh
on linkedin
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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@katebevan.com
Kate Bevan
on bluesky
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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@davelee.me
Dave Lee
on bluesky
Still yet to hear a good reason why Apple and Google aren't solving this. www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...
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@iainthomson
Iain Thomson
on bluesky
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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@noaasm
Norman
on bluesky
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
on mastodon
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
on mastodon
Link Post: Europe's Anonymous Online Age Verification App Is Here https://www.wired.com/... [image]
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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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r/cybersecurity
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Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it takes 2 minutes to break it.
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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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r/europe
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Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it took them 2 minutes to break it.