floofloofUS state laws push age checks into the operating system
ZagorathIn the OS is where it belongs. But not like this.
Parental controls is the answer. The OS should be required to support robust APIs that allow parents to set the age of their child and prevent children from accessing apps or sites (via browser APIs that hook into the OS APIs) that are out of the age range. The only actual “verification” should be parents choosing to type in the number.
There should be no mechanism broadcasting age information. Flip it, name websites contain content tags, browsers/OS would then block based on opted out content. Parents get controls, we get to keep our privacy.
I was literally just thinking this right before reading your comment. There is no justification for this implementation outside of controlling and tracking your citizens.
Also, it’s nearly impossible to implement how they want since IOT devices exist so it doesn’t really make any sense as ruled.