In the case of Android, genuine means:

    The operating system was licensed by Google
    The app was downloaded from the Play Store (thus requiring a Google account)
    Device security checks have passed

While there is value to verify device security, this strongly ties the app to many Google properties and services, because those checks won't pass on an aftermarket Android OS

The issue is being raised here: https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android...

    I would like to strongly urge to abandon this plan. 
    Requiring a dependency on American tech giants for age verification
    further deepens the EU's dependency on America and the USA's
    control over the internet. 
    Especially in the current political climate I hope I do not have
    to explain how undesirable and dangerous that is.

As a resident of the aforementioned political climate, I find their concerns to be reasonable.

There are a number of comments in that same thread that indicate a mandate to utilize Google services may run afoul of EU member nations' integrity and privacy laws.

I heard from a friend who works for Intel that he doesn't know why he was hired in the first place; his PhD was in a completely different domain, the objectives of the project were remote to his skills, and he told me this is what his entire team was made of. Seems like a lot of bloat present in this company, and it makes sense they feel the way forward is layoffs.

I hear where you are coming from, but if an AI company is going to be in this field, wouldn't you want it to be the company with as many protections in place as possible to avoid misuse?

We aren't going to stop this march forward, no matter how much it is unpopular it will happen. So, which AI company would you prefer be involved with DOD?