As if Ursula knew what she is talking about. Nevertheless, this is a terrible idea and most likely something with another agenda behind, other than the stated reasons.
With that being said, we need another president for the commission and perhaps a completely different commission. How many years until her term ends?
Step 1: open source a broken software that was vibe coded in 5 min
Step 2: wait for the internet to fix it
Step 3: profitI know this impossible because of that one guy who wants EU app dev on their resume, but the OS devs need to collectively say fuck you and let the shit hit the fan
because of that one guy who wants EU app dev on their resume,
this is the kind of people I despise and who I think deserve eternity in hellfire, but also deserve being spit in the face by all their friends and family
And this is government software handling sensitive information. I thought people were required to have higher qualifications and good security knowledge to develop software there, we are cooked if this is the norm.
Highly qualified people are probably not interested in working for the government. Or maybe this was outsourced to some cheap private company, who knows.
You would think right. I recently had a transit pass loading application update and demand that I turn off developer mode to continue use. This app is also run by a government agency across the pond(canada). Went over to the play store reviews and were all complaining about it.
They allege it was to help protect accounts and personal data. Ok, then why doesn’t my bank account get compromised regularly? Or any other account I’ve logged into on my phone literally ever because I had turned on dev mode weeks after getting my first android 10 years ago. This application has been janky for years and only in the past month have they made positive changes to its functionality. I am biased and maybe more irked then necessary but I do expect better/the minimum from these kinds of institutions.
They allege it was to help protect accounts and personal data.
TBH it scares me that more and more things may go this way. You want online banking, or w/e? Well! You better use “trusted device”! What does “trusted device” mean? It means the device is locked down against its “owner”.
It’s like a relentless march where personal computing dies and corporate computing takes over. Ever more, our technology answers to big tech, not us.
Also doesn’t help that these companies pass around money with eachother and government entities all the time so they don’t tecnically need any of our business to function. Which enables them to pull this kinda shit and wait for us to get mad enough or to put up with it.
My concern in the long run is that over time the newer generations arent going to ever learn/know how freeing personal computing used to be. They’ll gradually put up with worser and worser and this intrusive encroach on our technological freedom is going to look terribly different in the coming decades.
My concern in the long run is that over time the newer generations arent going to ever learn/know how freeing personal computing used to be.
Oh absolutely! It becomes normalized for those who never knew any other way.
I lucked out, my pa was a techie and got me steered towards the importance of tech freedom. Not everyone is so fortunate. Tech is almost an extension of our minds now. How we remember. How we learn. How we communicate. When we give away control of our devices to big tech, it’s like giving away control of our thoughts and emotions. Even our culture.
Governments are the biggest pushes of AI, this was probably vibe coded.
Well, im glad its opensource
Half-expecting it to become closed source ‘to prevent people from hacking it so easily’ as a result of the embarrassment of this sort of thing.
As far as I understood, the app only contains a token proving you are 18 or older. Nothing more…
So what potential breach is he taking about?
Or did I miss something?
Teen can “hack” it to state it’s 18.
The only way they will get the message is if there is a concerted white hat campaign targeting EU lawmakers to show them the error of their ways. If they refuse to see, then some black hats need to make them feel it.
Apparently respecting highest privacy standards doesn’t have anything to do with cybersecurity standards.
A shiny new bucket doesn’t leak, but the lid can’t be locked so anyone with two hands should be able to open it up and see what’s inside. Sure, it’s private, but not secure.
I wish I could say I was surprised
Everyone knew this was coming. The German state can’t produce quality software.
the COVID tracking app was pretty solid as far as I remember… even the CCC gave it’s recommendation back in the day.
The CCC said it was technically solid. But it was wildly expensive, which was not that big of a deal since we had COVID
Oh, they definitely can. But one can choose to accidentally make programming mistakes
Looking at AusweisApp2, just works.
And, is there already a 1.0 release of the new App or is this still pre release?
