@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... and there was no other option available, like audio and visual puzzles? I haven't seen any recaptcha's without them yet (not doubting your experience or Google's intentions btw)

@nprofile1q... See also: https://fosstodon.org/@Gina/116708403393430034

About age/identity verification through the new EU ID wallets, I'll mention something about the necessity of offering this through open apps / app stores. Google is all too eager to become a middleman for these services:

https://reclaimthenet.org/google-wants-to-be-the-id-checkpoint-for-europes-internet

@nprofile1q... I really like apps though. They just need to be open source and not reliant on Google's Play Integrity API.

@nprofile1q... Nope, Chatham rules, but I'll share the content here after the talk.

@nprofile1q... honestly, I think I'm going to change the age verification to identity verification broadly. Esp relevant atm with the digital ID wallets being build by several EU countries.

@nprofile1q... Lol yeah the potato graphics aren't great unfortunately.

I want to start with the #opensource strategy and EU tech sovereignty package, and all the good things happening and alternatives being build etc.

Then mention how the mobile ecosystem is one of the last frontiers left critically assessed.

I'll share how Google is closing down Android (input welcome!). :android:

And that we need to promote, fund, and perhaps even build open (EU) alternatives in the mobile ecosystem if we don't want to increasingly become captured by 2 US big tech companies.

@nprofile1q... 😉

https://fosstodon.org/@Gina/116705055128028144

@nprofile1q... Not really.

I want to start with the open source strategy and tech sovereignty package from a few days ago, and all the good things happening and alternatives being build - but that the mobile ecosystem is one of the last frontiers left critically assessed. And that we need to promote, fund, and perhaps even build open (EU) alternatives in the mobile ecosystem if we don't want to increasingly become captured by 2 US big tech companies.

@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... oh absolutely, this nuance is important. Google may do a lot to maintain AOSP, but EU policy makers also have to keep Google's stewardship accountable.

@nprofile1q... I'll see if I can include it as an example of how Google is weaponizing it's Play Integrity API, but it's small compared to the other topics.