It is not preemptive cynicism, it is also unprobable becaues the EUDI [0], tech specs and example source code are open source and available on GitHub for everyone to review [1]. The age verification is implemented in a pricacy-friendly way, you can't even obtain the exact age during the verification step. The are brackets (such as 13+, 18+) and all the verifier gets is a "yes" or "no". Not your name, not your age.

Please stop spreading FUD when the actual implementations behind the government initiative are actually open source and have been designed to allow anonymous verification.

[0]: https://ageverification.dev/ [1]: https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet