Post #1432502

2026-04-17 10:14 UTC

@wwahammy Why would the OS advertise the age status of the user without explicit approval from the user? From the perspective of the app/website you can only tell that the user is an adult if they agreed to confirm their age, or that their status is unknown if they did not confirm their age.

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@JonnyT@mastodon.me.uk 2026-04-17 14:37

@CrowOnAKettle @wwahammy Have you met people in the real world? Most will sign up for things in a heartbeat if they are tempted in the right way, without thinking about the potential consequences at all. And then imagine how easy that is to do when it comes to children and young teenagers.

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@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems 2026-04-17 14:38

@CrowOnAKettle because that's what the laws say they have to do. The OS has to provide an API to share the information to any application that asks for it.

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@CrowOnAKettle@mastodon.social 2026-04-17 15:04

@wwahammy As I'm reading more on this, it looks like there are different models of implementing this. Policies in California seems to be different than what is proposed by the EU. If the OS or app let's you hold a certificate that you are an adult (just a binary information) and you can agree to provide it when requested, that seems reasonable. If you have an OS providing an age bracket of the user in the background without consent - that is crazy.

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