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It's always interesting to me when I hear people who distrusts governments more than private companies.
Maybe because I'm from Denmark, but it sounds so backwards.
If I were from the US tho, I would think the same. Or like "i'm fucked regardless"
I don't trust governments that mandate the usage of private American services such as iOS/Google to access the internet
That's a fair point.
My argument only applied to the age verification in the Danish app, which doesnt share the ID to any server.
The point is that you get a verification by logging in with another 2FA app, whos only job is to verify with the government server, that you are indeed a Danish citizen with official documentation.
Then the other app recieves that token that only contains an age group with a true flag. This token is then shared with the private companies.
As a stand alone solution to age verification that everyone needs to use, this is pretty well thought out.
If a Linux phone then comes around that everyone would buy, you could do it better, yes.
I mean, it still discriminates against non Danish citizens/those without ID for any reason/children
It doesnt work like that in Denmark. You can get this without being a Danish citizen with a Danish passport.
You can also get this ID as a child with your parents consent.