๐จ Digital Sovereignty Alert: EU Digital Identity Wallet Considering Google Dependency
The EU's official digital identity wallet project is considering integrating Google Play Integrity API for app verification - and the community is pushing back hard.
What's happening:
The EU Digital Identity Wallet Android app team is exploring Google Play Integrity and Apple App Attestation for device/app verification. This would make Europe's sovereign digital identity system dependent on American tech giants.
Why this is problematic:
โข Digital sovereignty risk: EU citizens' identity verification would rely on US-controlled systems
โข Geopolitical vulnerability: In an era of increasing tech tensions, this creates dangerous dependencies
โข Control concentration: Further consolidates power with American tech monopolies
โข Security concerns: Critical infrastructure dependent on foreign commercial APIs
The GitHub issue has gained massive community support (400+ reactions) with developers and citizens alike opposing this direction.
The bigger picture:
This perfectly illustrates the challenge facing European digital initiatives - the tension between technical convenience and strategic independence. While Google's APIs might be easier to implement, they come at the cost of European technological sovereignty.
Europe needs to prioritize building truly independent digital infrastructure, not just rebranding American tech solutions with EU logos.
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Source: 
GitHub
Do not add Google Play Integrity integration ยท Issue #18 ยท eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technical-specification
In the README, the following is listed: App and device verification based on Google Play Integrity API and Apple App Attestation I would like to st...
