• credo@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    The only way this can be implemented at the OS level (not the vendor level) is to put in whatever date you want. That includes any notion of scanning “IDs”.

    If you want to setup a kid’s account on a phone or pc, then you have the control. If they are smart enough to do it themselves, then hey- don’t hold them back.

    My immediate concern is giving sites additional fingerprinting material. The OS better not give away an actual birthdate- when they can option for adult/not-adult, etc. Next concern is moving the age verification to a corporation, at which point the dystopia is real.

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 hours ago

      Next concern is moving the age verification to a corporation, at which point the dystopia is real.

      The state is bad enough. Selling us off to a subsidiary will be just another insult.