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Saturday, 16 August 2025

If you have de-Googled your phone, the EU’s age verification rules will exclude you from using all apps for all services

 In late June, the European Union launched a pilot project to test a prototype age verification app in five member states: Denmark, France, Greece, Italy and Spain.  The excuse?  To protect children online.

The app is built on the technical specifications of the upcoming European Digital Identity Wallet and is designed to be open-source, user-friendly and secure.  However, as Take Back Our Tech notes, it is less secure than other options. Additionally, age verification can only be made using Google-approved Android devices or on iPhones, effectively requiring a Google or Apple account.

What this means is: If you are in the European Union and have de-Googled your phone, you will not be able to verify your age...<<<Read More>>>...