Hi PostmarketOS community!
I’m sharing this link because I’m curious to hear if any PostmarketOS devs or users have looked into the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI)?
In the worst case the EUDI could be stepping stone towards a police state. Just look at the heavily critiqued Digital ID proposed in the UK. Excerpt from the EFF:
This [Digital ID] would create a rich environment for hackers or hostile agencies to obtain swathes of personal information on those based in the UK. And if previous schemes in the country are anything to go by, the government’s ability to handle giant databases is questionable.
In contrast, the EUDI looks to be designed in such a way where various attestations to prove your age or other things is meant to be presentable without being tracked by a third party, or always having to “phone home”. See: 4.2.4 Privacy by design.. Overall, this isn’t immune to scope creep towards surveillance. But it is a strong start nonetheless.
I’m bringing this up because I’m curious about building a digital wallet implementation for PostmarketOS. If the EU would support this implementation it would make it easier to be a digital citizen in the EU without being forced to have access to the Google Play Store or the iOS App Store.
It’d be great to have it, although I already have physical documents, so idk… I can just use those. Does not even require charging batteries.
Maybe others will have more use for that.
Here in Norway we need to use a MinID app to login to various public services, but it is only available in the proprietary app stores for iOS and Android.
Most of banking services in Scandinavia requires a proprietary app called BankID which is co-owned by several banks. Sadly this app is also only available in proprietary app stores.
Apps such as these create a big switching cost for users who want to move to PostmarketOS. Incidentally, EU launched the Digital Markets Act to create more competition amongst platforms including iOS and Android. But it remains to be seen how or if the DMA will affect usage of the aforementioned apps and the EUDI. If the EUDI becomes a trusted authentication method for public services and bank services I could throw proprietary app stores in the bin.