https://bmi.usercontent.opencode.de/eudi-wallet/wallet-development-documentation-public/latest/architecture-concept/06-mobile-devices/02-mdvm/
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@hannorein @unnon89 @EloPup @pojntfx @tdelmas never attribute malice to that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
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@hannorein @unnon89 @EloPup @pojntfx @tdelmas There were several comments from the public to the EU about requiring google "phone home" APIs when the EU Commission published a reference implementation for digital wallets. Met with shoulder shrugs about "it's only a reference implementation, no state is forced to use it". Which is an astoundingly strange comment about a _reference_ implementation. So they knew and were told repeatedly. Either they are criminally incompetent, corrupt, or both.
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@arjen SafetyNet checks only pass on devices with unchanged, factory-sealed, non-unlockable firmware. Google has an allowlist of devices that pass that test. The same remote attestation mechanism is also used to block downloading the app through anything other than the Google Play Store, which you need a Google Account for. And you can't use Google if you're on the US sanction list (see e.g. the ICC prosecuter case). Using any open source OS of any type is also completely impossible.
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So, it turns out the German implementation of eIDAS (electronic ID wallet for e.g. age attestation) will require an Apple/Google account to function
Absolutely pathetic
@pojntfx Actual insanity.
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If a German citizen gets sanctioned by the US government, once this is implemented (later this year), that means they will no longer be able to be a participating member of German society, e.g. to show their (digital) driver's license to traffic police
@pojntfx That's probably not just limited to persons. When Trump decides that Android phone maker X from China deserves to die (usually boosts sales in China 5-fold, so they all never die), German users of such phones are put on Google's Blacklist, and lose their wallet function.
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@fallbackerik @pojntfx @arjen the existence of other apps which were downloaded from other stores/spurces wouldn't be an issue
But if you use a phone without Google play services (e.g. lineageOS (although play services can be added later) or grapheneOS) or a rooted phone you won't be able to use that app at all
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So, it turns out the German implementation of eIDAS (electronic ID wallet for e.g. age attestation) will require an Apple/Google account to function
Absolutely pathetic
@pojntfx Who wants some of my money for a legal battle against this utter stupidity?
Can you even use this wallet without a smartphone? From that site it's not clear to me.
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If a German citizen gets sanctioned by the US government, once this is implemented (later this year), that means they will no longer be able to be a participating member of German society, e.g. to show their (digital) driver's license to traffic police
@pojntfx
Regarding the "not participating in society":
The eIDAS directive includes a guarantee that identification still needs to be possibly by analog means. So it's at least a loss of comfort, but alternatives must exist.Still a bad move.
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@pojntfx Is that what they meant for European Digital Sovereignity? nice...
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So, it turns out the German implementation of eIDAS (electronic ID wallet for e.g. age attestation) will require an Apple/Google account to function
Absolutely pathetic
@pojntfx I read to non-duplication of the keys, so I'm now confident they are completely incompetent. This is the security approach you would use for a entry system, i.e. a digital key to open a door, and you want to keep the same rules you had before for people who were granted access: one key per person, and when you fire that person or restrict their access to that door, you get the key back.
This is not what the ID wallet is about: it's about replacing a written signature, and showing official documents that are bound to a person. It is no problem at all to have those copied on multiple devices, as long as you check that it's the right person accessing the wallet the moment it creates a signature or shows an ID card.
On the other hand, the single non-copy device still allows the Steffie Graf autograph attack, or, for key entry: you could temporarily lend your unique key to someone else who uses it to enter the secret room and takes out things or data or whatever, and afterwards returns the key to you (you can even pretend it was stolen and returned without you noticing). The actually required access control doesn't happen, but instead some bullshit happens, especially, your valuable IDs, certificates etc. are now bound to a device that can get lost or break, without easy backup.
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So, it turns out the German implementation of eIDAS (electronic ID wallet for e.g. age attestation) will require an Apple/Google account to function
Absolutely pathetic
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@pojntfx Oder auch @dsk @CCC @echo_pbreyer @digitalcourage :
Was haltet ihr von eID, die nur über Google/Apple funktionieren?
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@pojntfx I read to non-duplication of the keys, so I'm now confident they are completely incompetent. This is the security approach you would use for a entry system, i.e. a digital key to open a door, and you want to keep the same rules you had before for people who were granted access: one key per person, and when you fire that person or restrict their access to that door, you get the key back.
This is not what the ID wallet is about: it's about replacing a written signature, and showing official documents that are bound to a person. It is no problem at all to have those copied on multiple devices, as long as you check that it's the right person accessing the wallet the moment it creates a signature or shows an ID card.
On the other hand, the single non-copy device still allows the Steffie Graf autograph attack, or, for key entry: you could temporarily lend your unique key to someone else who uses it to enter the secret room and takes out things or data or whatever, and afterwards returns the key to you (you can even pretend it was stolen and returned without you noticing). The actually required access control doesn't happen, but instead some bullshit happens, especially, your valuable IDs, certificates etc. are now bound to a device that can get lost or break, without easy backup.
@forthy42 @pojntfx I guess the (not-so-easy) backup method would be to acquire eIDs from multiple member states (the Estonian e-residence would probably be one of the easier additional ones to get) and then rely on the cross-border mutual recognition which I believe EIDAS guarantees? I hope the German wallet will work with other European eIDs?
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So, it turns out the German implementation of eIDAS (electronic ID wallet for e.g. age attestation) will require an Apple/Google account to function
Absolutely pathetic
@pojntfx
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@fallbackerik @pojntfx @arjen the existence of other apps which were downloaded from other stores/spurces wouldn't be an issue
But if you use a phone without Google play services (e.g. lineageOS (although play services can be added later) or grapheneOS) or a rooted phone you won't be able to use that app at all
Maybe just having an unlocked bootloader would keep you from using it (that depends on what level of the device integrity the app requires)@fallbackerik @pojntfx @arjen with an unlocked bootloader (even if you didn't modify the system in any way (although having an unlocked bootloader just for fun isn't a good idea. But it is necessary if you want to install custom ROMs. So if the manufacturer of your phone adds some stuff you don't want and you just want to install vanilla android (without root and with Google play services) you need to unlock your bootloader)) you fail the play protect certification
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@pojntfx Thing is: we must NEVER accept any digital-only solution for things like this (IDs, license etc.). Analouge/offline life must ALWAYS be possible!
...regardless of where it's hosted.
@Bebef @pojntfx yeah, i know you can take a picture of your license here in the us and give your phone to a cop in some places, but i would never. rather just hand over my physical license card i paid way too much money for and always carry with me outside the house. just like my phone, but im not handing that to anyone, nor my physical wallet.
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If a German citizen gets sanctioned by the US government, once this is implemented (later this year), that means they will no longer be able to be a participating member of German society, e.g. to show their (digital) driver's license to traffic police
Sorry, digital drivers license and Germany? I cannot make these ends meet.
Felicitas Pojtinger
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If a German citizen gets sanctioned by the US government, once this is implemented (later this year), that means they will no longer be able to be a participating member of German society, e.g. to show their (digital) driver's license to traffic police -
If a German citizen gets sanctioned by the US government, once this is implemented (later this year), that means they will no longer be able to be a participating member of German society, e.g. to show their (digital) driver's license to traffic police
It is TOTALLY unrealistic this project even works by end of the year. And then it’s gonna been shutdown five to 20 times because of mostly naive yet fundamental design flaws.
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@Bebef @pojntfx yeah, i know you can take a picture of your license here in the us and give your phone to a cop in some places, but i would never. rather just hand over my physical license card i paid way too much money for and always carry with me outside the house. just like my phone, but im not handing that to anyone, nor my physical wallet.
@makeitmythic @pojntfx "Too much money" is a funny thing to say for a US driving license. German prices are in the $4k ball park.
Not trying to diminish anything, just giving a point of reference.
