EU Digital Identity Wallet
Ranked 2 of 7 digital IDs by recommenders
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.
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.
33 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 20
- approval share
- 39%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 0.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Praised as the right approach
“Do it right, like the EU is doing in their Digital Identity Wallet project”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban” “It seems to me that the EU has done an excellent job”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “EU calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" in age verification push” “the EU digital wallets are doing exactly this”
Comment from 9 May 2026 in “EU calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" in age verification push” - Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass”
Proves age without sharing personal data
“citizens can verify their age (>16, >18, >21) without revealing any personal information”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Online age-verification tools for child safety are surveilling adults” “is open-source, self-hostable, and uses zero-knowledge proofs”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age‑verification bills” Open-source and self-hostable
“is open-source, self-hostable, and uses zero-knowledge proofs”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age‑verification bills” “the law requires core apps to be opensource”
Comment from 23 Feb 2026 in “The Age Verification Trap, Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection” User controls what gets shared
“legally allows using cryptographic proofs instead of just storing as much data as possible of the user”
Comment from 13 Sep 2026 in “Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests” “You control and exactly see, what kind of information the bank is getting from you”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “European "age verification" "app" forcing everyone to use Android or iOS”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Relies on Google or Apple attestation
“Their whole botched security architecture relies on remote attestation using Google Play Integrity and the Apple equivalent.”
Comment from 24 Oct 2026 in “Elon Musk Just Gave Europe a Reason to Replace American Technology” “I agree with OOP that the requirement of an Apple or Google phone goes against these ambitions”
Comment from 30 Jun 2026 in “European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple” “I need to buy into a Google or Apple ecosystem. At least the reference implementation does.”
Comment from 24 Feb 2026 in “The Age Verification Trap, Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection” - Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Swiyu Swiss e-ID app: security and freedom of choice for Android users”
- Comment from 30 Jun 2026 in “European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple”
Invasive age verification, trackable tokens
“requires highly invasive age verification to obtain 30 single use, easily trackable tokens that expire after 3 months”
Comment from 23 Feb 2026 in “The Age Verification Trap, Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection” “The EU Commission is currently pushing the shitty EU Identity Wallet for mandatory age verification”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “Android Developer Verification” “requires highly invasive age verification to obtain 30 single use, easily trackable tokens”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Online age-verification tools for child safety are surveilling adults” Locks out custom or rooted systems
“The EU Digital Wallet requires hardware attestation so only it only works on locked-down government-approved OSes.”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age‑verification bills” “it bans jailbreaking/rooting your device really makes me believe "think of the children" isn't their real goal”
Comment from 24 Feb 2026 in “The Age Verification Trap, Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection” “The Italian digital ID wallet is already in fact banning GrapheneOS and other ROMs”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “F-Droid: "Keep Android Open"” Not anonymous, lacks unlinkability
“EUID is not anonymous! EUID has "provider/verifier" endpoint which communicates with your website”
Comment from 30 Jun 2026 in “European digital ID wallets are a gift to Google and Apple” “EUDI has had various criticism with its approach for not supporting unlinkability”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Online age-verification tools for child safety are surveilling adults” “These massive privacy issues have all been raised on their Github”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age‑verification bills”
Other digital IDs people recommend
The four most recommended other digital IDs, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BankID | 25 | 28 | 47% | 9 | — | — |
| EU Digital Identity WalletThis page | 13 | 20 | 39% | 8 | — | — |
| DigiD | 11 | 9 | 55% | 7 | — | — |
| MitID | 11 | 21 | 34% | 4 | — | — |
| Apple Wallet Digital ID | 9 | 12 | 43% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
37 of the 38 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It was meant to be platform agnostic. That died the moment it came time to implement it”
“Their whole botched security architecture relies on remote attestation using Google Play Integrity and the Apple equivalent.”
“where you'll have to install it to provide a "zero knowledge" proof today”
“legally allows using cryptographic proofs instead of just storing as much data as possible of the user”
“giving up Digital Sovereignty to American companies via EU-DI”
“You control and exactly see, what kind of information the bank is getting from you”
“EUID is not anonymous! EUID has "provider/verifier" endpoint which communicates with your website”
“I agree with OOP that the requirement of an Apple or Google phone goes against these ambitions”
“as long as the architectures is fatally flawed (Even if convenient) it's just bandaids over a larger issue”
“The EU reference for wallets strictly required google play services”
“that will be the ultimate fiasco”
“Clearly tailored to the regular normie without technical skills.”
“requires hardware attestation by Google or Apple”
“It seems to me that the EU has done an excellent job”
“the EU digital wallets are doing exactly this”
“while you can't use the EU wallet/ageid app”
“it's a substantial privacy improvement over the far more commonplace option of uploading your ID to every website”
“It would dramatically improve the service.”
“Maintainers resist removing google dependency for no good apparent reason.”
“The EU Commission is currently pushing the shitty EU Identity Wallet for mandatory age verification”
“The EU Digital Wallet requires hardware attestation so only it only works on locked-down government-approved OSes.”
“These massive privacy issues have all been raised on their Github”
“is open-source, self-hostable, and uses zero-knowledge proofs”
“requires highly invasive age verification to obtain 30 single use, easily trackable tokens”
“EUDI has had various criticism with its approach for not supporting unlinkability”
“citizens can verify their age (>16, >18, >21) without revealing any personal information”
“it bans jailbreaking/rooting your device really makes me believe "think of the children" isn't their real goal”
“I need to buy into a Google or Apple ecosystem. At least the reference implementation does.”
“you are confiscating something many user experience as a brain extension to be under the government's control as a whole”
“the law requires core apps to be opensource”
“requires highly invasive age verification to obtain 30 single use, easily trackable tokens that expire after 3 months”
“The Italian digital ID wallet is already in fact banning GrapheneOS and other ROMs”
“which is using Google Play Integrity. Many voices were raised against this requirement.”
“Which is the actual correct way to do it.”
“Considering the recent track record from the EU regarding digital privacy”
“EIDAS2 got you covered - you use your european identity wallet.”
“Do it right, like the EU is doing in their Digital Identity Wallet project”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.