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by cogman10 468 days ago
Really comes down to "how sure do you want to be that the person is the right age"? Or the "how hard would it be for a preteen to buy beer?" test.

With an eID card, if it's just saying "yes, this person is old enough" then any teen can swipe a device with an eID card and start using it.

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So it’s tied to biometrics/other 2nd factor as with passkeys. Wouldn’t stop mini-me of course…