WalletPass NoID
A consumer browser extension that automatically fills the minimum proof-of-age required by a site and replaces it with anonymous attestations wherever supported — so the user never has to upload an ID card to read an article, buy wine online, or watch an age-restricted video.
EU/UK internet users worried about handing their passport to random websites
- Auto-detects age gates and offers the most anonymous verification option first
- One-time setup with a partner bank or mobile carrier, then anonymous tokens for every site thereafter
- Per-site audit log the user can revoke, so each publisher's data is deleted on demand
- Browser-level warning when a site tries to request deeper identity than law requires, with a one-click complaint template to the DPA
The 141-point HN thread and the active EU petition show consumers are refusing to upload passports to every site — a consumer-side privacy shield turns that resistance into product pull.
ECI 'Stop Killing The Internet: No Digital ID & No Age Verification' registered by the EU Commission on 22 July 2026, Reddit r/AskBrits threads complain about UK Online Safety Act facial scans/ID uploads, and a 141-point HN thread corroborates active consumer resistance — though many users gravitate toward bypass/VPN rather than attestation filling.EU registers initiative on digital identity and age verification ↗Has anyone found a way to bypass the facial age verification thing? ↗
Narrow window: EU member states must deliver free EU Digital Identity Wallets with anonymous age attestations to every citizen by end of 2026, and incumbents Yoti, Jumio, Veriff, Sumsub, and VerifEye already dominate attestation provision — consumer-side extensions existing today are largely bypass tools (e.g. Chrome extension that replays EU age proofs) rather than legitimate privacy shields.European Digital Identity - European Commission ↗eIDAS 2.0 EU Digital Identity Wallet: age proof 2026-27 ↗Best Anonymous Age Verification Solutions for Business ↗
Hard to monetize: governments provide EUDI Wallets free, and the same privacy-concerned audience is already being courted by NordVPN, Surfshark, and ProtonVPN with $3-13/mo subscription models for full bypass — leaving little willingness to pay for a niche attestation-filler that does less than a VPN.The best age verification VPNs ↗Best VPN to for age verification in 2026 ↗
Regulatory tailwind is real but time-limited: the same EU mandate (eIDAS 2.0 / Regulation 2024/1183) building demand will deliver an official free wallet with native anonymous attestations by end of 2026, likely compressing the consumer extension's window to 2-3 years before being absorbed or displaced.eIDAS 2.0 & EUDI Wallet Timeline: What to Expect in 2026 ↗EU Digital Identity Wallet Rollout Status by Member State (July 2026) ↗
Non-trivial: extension must integrate with multiple attestation vendors (Yoti, Veriff, etc.) and the EUDI Wallet API, each site uses a different age-gate implementation, auto-fill needs per-site adapters, and Chrome's policies on privacy/identity extensions add friction — further complicated by the fact the EU's €2M prototype app was already bypassed by a simple Chrome extension.EU's €2 million age verification app bypassed using Chrome extension ↗Researcher Claims Bypass of EU Age Verification App Using Chrome Extension ↗