The eID can do this EU wide already but it’s usage is regulated and that’s not something a company wants to accept. The EU Digital Identity Wallet would hit the spot even more, since it’s very privacy friendly: ec.europa.eu/…/The+Age+Verification+Manual
That’s still in testing though and even less in the interest of a company that wants to extract as much user data as possible.
ell1e@leminal.space 10 hours ago
Sorry if I misread your post, but hopefully this comment of mine is relevant:
In my humble opinion, the digital wallet is horrible, because as far as I can tell 1. it requires Google device attestation so all custom ROMs are out and to be a citizen you can apparently no longer own your device, 2. unless you use iOS or Android you’re apparently not a citizen, 3. once everyone is used to using some citizen app like that, I feel like a fascist government could easily tie it to a social score or other authoritarian measures bewyond the age verification. 4. There is a privacy friendly alternative approach for age verification anyway, that most governments seem to conveniently be ignoring: politico.com/…/california-law-online-age-checks-0…
Also see here on the EU apaprently trying to make this mandatory: leminal.space/post/31858818/21120139