We can just do the adult check thing the usual way.

https://slrpnk.net/post/35037163

Pass.

Its my computer, I own it, gtfo and let me use it how ever I want.

sure, but if an application requires age verification for whatever reason, would you prefer the functional equivalent to clicking “i’m over 18 pinky promise” as a standard, or they use biometric data that they all implement differently and then there’s like 33.7 leaks in the next 6 months?
I’ll find a different application
This. And since we are already in the land of geeks, I’ll find a way to write one if none acceptable exists
if only it were that simple in a social and professional context
Sorry to break it for you, but this is going to have to be implemented at OS level, thanks to California and other following surveillance States arourd the world. You can’t just use «a different application».
Didn’t Texas and Florida start this? California just has more “tech literate” politicians.
California just has more “tech literate” politicians corporate lobbyists.

Not correct at all.

Even in the USA there are 3 different templates for the bill, and they handle age verification requirements at different levels

  • os
  • app store
  • app

Different states are adopting different templates, and alphabet lobbyists are spending ludicrous amounts of money to make sure they’re not the ones responsible for billions in fines.

Isn’t it age attestation as opposed to verification? Meaning that the age old tradition of 13yr olds registering for stuff are logged as in their early centenarian years?
Afaik it’s all about legal (financial) responsibility, and that’s why most corps were initially lobbying for the status quo. I doubt that’s going to fly after all of this, and it’s the first step towards having a unique, government ID backed, fingerprint for every online interaction.
nvim ~/.config/useragegroup