⚡️🤡🇪🇺 NEW - The EU's digital identity wallet apps require an Apple or Google account to function. A sovereign European ID system that can't run without US Big Tech.
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To clarify, since this is getting mixed up: the Apple/Google account requirement is a platform dependency, not an authentication method. Two different layers.
Authentication (how you prove your identity) is national: government eID, bank login, etc. That part is country-specific, and nobody's disputing it.
The platform dependency is separate: the app itself needs an Apple or Google account to install and run, via things like Play Integrity and hardware attestation. An app can use purely Dutch or Greek eID for identity and still refuse to launch without Google Play Services.
So "there's no single EU app, they're national" doesn't address the point. Whether it's 1 app or 27, the question is still: does the app run without a Big Tech account? For the ones flagged so far, including the Dutch NL Wallet, the answer is no.
Authentication (how you prove your identity) is national: government eID, bank login, etc. That part is country-specific, and nobody's disputing it.
The platform dependency is separate: the app itself needs an Apple or Google account to install and run, via things like Play Integrity and hardware attestation. An app can use purely Dutch or Greek eID for identity and still refuse to launch without Google Play Services.
So "there's no single EU app, they're national" doesn't address the point. Whether it's 1 app or 27, the question is still: does the app run without a Big Tech account? For the ones flagged so far, including the Dutch NL Wallet, the answer is no.
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