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19 October 2026 at 14:38
For the last decade, the term API caused most SEO’s to roll their eyes and tune out and “excuse me…
In the [EU age verification] README, the following is listed:
App and device verification based on Google Play Integrity API and Apple App Attestation
I would like to strongly urge to abandon this plan. Requiring a dependency on American tech giants for age verification further deepens the EU’s dependency on America and the USA’s control over the internet.
The European Union’s open-source age-verification project has drawn criticism after a maintainer confirmed that hardware-bound attestation is a mandatory architectural requirement, raising concerns about Linux, custom Android ROMs, and independently compiled applications.
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The solution lets users prove they are over a certain age without revealing their name, exact birth date, or full identity document. To prevent credentials from being copied, cloned, or reused by modified clients, the project relies on keys stored in protected hardware like Android TEE, StrongBox, or Apple’s Secure Enclave.
However, critics claim that this approach endangers the system by making it dependent on a small number of approved devices, operating systems, and attestation providers.
Cloudflare’s new “signed agents” pitch sounds like safety but it’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. They’ve built an allowlist for the open web and told builders to apply for permission. That’s not how the internet works. An application form is not a standard.
Apple and Google are gradually expanding their use of hardware-based attestation. They’re convincing a growing number of services to adopt it. Google’s Play Integrity API and Apple’s App Attest API are very similar. Apple brought it to the web via Privacy Pass, which Google intends on doing too.
Google’s Play Integrity API requires hardware attestation for the strong integrity level and is gradually phasing in requiring it for the more commonly used device integrity level. Apple already has it as a requirement. Over the long term, this will increasingly lock out hardware and OS competition.
The purpose of these systems is disallowing people from using hardware and software not approved by Apple or Google. This is wrongly presented as being a security feature. Banks and government services are the main ones adopting it but Apple and Google are encouraging every service to use it.
German National EUDI Wallet Architecture Documentation (Hacker News):
When issuing the PID, the WB confirms to the PP (via OpenID4VCI Key Attestation) that the keys to which a PID is to be bound are controlled by an authentication means that meets certain security requirements with regard to resistance against attackers with a certain attack potential (see ISO/IEC 18045).
It’s great that App Attest is coming to Mac with macOS 27. It means I can ship Canvases’ intelligence and sharing features with much more confidence, knowing I can protect the endpoints with App Attest.
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