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Does the App allow random platforms to do verification? Or do we need to be some registered business, do contracts, likely pay for the service...? For the App to speak to our instances?
I mean the EU tends to implement interfaces for businesses and this wouldn't work for us. But maybe this time, the App is more open?
Good questions. I haven't seen any info about the economics yet. I think that's up to the member states?
I found some info here: https://ageverification.dev/
But that's difficult to read, very technical. And mostly written from the user perspective. It looks to me like they're (for once) trying to come up with a proper solution. Everyone can be an Attestation Provider, Relying Party or repurpose the white-label App. At least in theory. It's all specified and in the open. And then the European Union contributes some list of trustworthy Attestation Providers (governments, banks, mobile network providers...)
I think due to the project structure, it'll be more like the Covid-Certificate App, which could be customized by every member state and it's theoretically possible to use it as one uniform solution.
So unless there's some certification for "Relying Parties" which I missed while skimming the documentation, I'd say in theory it'd be possible to use it on a technical level. Of course it's still a preview so the EU has lots of opportunity left to mess it up.
Maybe everyone can apply to become one, but there will be some certification process. Anything else would defeat the purpose. So you have the question of how much that would cost and who pays for that.
On a technical level, it should be possible to implement support for the app.