Greece: Smartphone tech enabling government interference in the home!

THIS is scary!  Of all the quotes I give below to summarize the article, the worst is the last one before the link:  I'll requote it up top!

"The planned online child protection measures would go further than regulations already in place in several European countries by introducing more direct government involvement."

Now for the rest of the summary and the link to the full article itself.  If you know someone who lives in Greece, and if they care about government staying out of private life, they now want to ensure they only ever use mobile tech that was made prior to 2024!  That may very well go for the rest of us if such controls get mandated into new tech where we live!

"Dimitris Papastergiou, the minister of digital governance, said the Kids Wallet app, due to launch in March, was aimed at safeguarding children under the age of 15 from the risks of excessive and inappropriate internet use."

:The app will be run by a widely used government services platform and operate in conjunction with an existing smartphone app for adults to carry digital identification documents."

“It’s a big change,” Papastergiou told reporters, adding that the app would integrate advanced algorithms to monitor usage and apply strict authentication processes. “The Kids Wallet application will do two main things: It will make parental control much easier, and it will be our official national tool for verifying the age of users,” he said."

"Papastergiou said the government was hoping to have the children’s app pre-installed on smartphones sold in Greece by the end of 2025."

"While facing criticism from some digital rights and religious groups, government-controlled apps and online services – many introduced during the pandemic – are generally popular in Greece, as they are seen as a way of bypassing historically slow bureaucratic procedures."

"The planned online child protection measures would go further than regulations already in place in several European countries by introducing more direct government involvement."

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/losing-your-kids-to-doom-scrolling-greece-is-building-a-government-app-for-that-1.7160448