# EU Digital Identity Wallet 13 Hacker News commenters recommended EU Digital Identity Wallet and 20 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Recommended as an open-source way to prove age or identity without sharing personal data. Common caveat: critics say it relies on Google or Apple device attestation. ## Why people recommend it - Praised as the right approach (4 comments): "Do it right, like the EU is doing in their Digital Identity Wallet project" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46226113)) "It seems to me that the EU has done an excellent job" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48081914)) "the EU digital wallets are doing exactly this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48073294)) - Proves age without sharing personal data (2 comments): "citizens can verify their age (>16, >18, >21) without revealing any personal information" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47323799)) "is open-source, self-hostable, and uses zero-knowledge proofs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47362967)) - Open-source and self-hostable (2 comments): "is open-source, self-hostable, and uses zero-knowledge proofs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47362967)) "the law requires core apps to be opensource" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47128352)) - User controls what gets shared (2 comments): "legally allows using cryptographic proofs instead of just storing as much data as possible of the user" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49688682)) "You control and exactly see, what kind of information the bank is getting from you" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48917792)) ## What people warn about - Relies on Google or Apple attestation (5 comments): "Their whole botched security architecture relies on remote attestation using Google Play Integrity and the Apple equivalent." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50221217)) "I agree with OOP that the requirement of an Apple or Google phone goes against these ambitions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48732920)) "I need to buy into a Google or Apple ecosystem. At least the reference implementation does." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47134105)) - Invasive age verification, trackable tokens (3 comments): "requires highly invasive age verification to obtain 30 single use, easily trackable tokens that expire after 3 months" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47126832)) "The EU Commission is currently pushing the shitty EU Identity Wallet for mandatory age verification" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47580963)) "requires highly invasive age verification to obtain 30 single use, easily trackable tokens" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47328344)) - Locks out custom or rooted systems (3 comments): "The EU Digital Wallet requires hardware attestation so only it only works on locked-down government-approved OSes." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47370011)) "it bans jailbreaking/rooting your device really makes me believe "think of the children" isn't their real goal" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47135302)) "The Italian digital ID wallet is already in fact banning GrapheneOS and other ROMs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47097233)) - Not anonymous, lacks unlinkability (3 comments): "EUID is not anonymous! EUID has "provider/verifier" endpoint which communicates with your website" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48734805)) "EUDI has had various criticism with its approach for not supporting unlinkability" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47325861)) "These massive privacy issues have all been raised on their Github" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47367328)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [BankID](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bankid.md): 25 recommend - [DigiD](https://hackerapproved.com/p/digid.md): 11 recommend - [MitID](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mitid.md): 11 recommend - [Login.gov](https://hackerapproved.com/p/login-gov.md): 8 recommend - [AusweisApp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ausweisapp.md): 7 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "EU Digital Identity Wallet", https://hackerapproved.com/p/eu-digital-identity-wallet/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).