This should also indicate which EUDI wallets will require Google or Apple device attestation. My guess is all of them.
For all the talk about digital sovereignty, EU still builds the fundamental element of EU citizenship, the digital ID, on American companies. Baffling.
I've been following this for a while. The deadline for rollout for consumers is the end of this year, but I'm not sure every country is going to make it.
The idea is that every person will have the option to use a wallet. For businesses of a certain size or type (those involved in strongly authenticating their customers, or very large platforms with more than 45M EU users) have to accept it by the end of 2027.
> The idea is that every person will have the option to use a wallet.
And then effectively bully the rest of the population to also use it, because companies/service-providers make using alternative methods much harder to use, because they are more expensive.
It's unfortunately predictable how this will play out.
For all the talk about digital sovereignty, EU still builds the fundamental element of EU citizenship, the digital ID, on American companies. Baffling.
The idea is that every person will have the option to use a wallet. For businesses of a certain size or type (those involved in strongly authenticating their customers, or very large platforms with more than 45M EU users) have to accept it by the end of 2027.
More details on the wallet here: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/eudi-wallet/
And then effectively bully the rest of the population to also use it, because companies/service-providers make using alternative methods much harder to use, because they are more expensive.
It's unfortunately predictable how this will play out.
> Q4 2028. MIRRI plan item: implement EUDI wallet (scope unclear).
> 41 days to the EU deadline
Classic.