I mean, how is the OS going to actually verify the age of the operator?
I see how this helps Facebook - if you lie to the OS, and the OS tells Facebook that you're over 18, then it's not Facebook's fault if they provide you an 18+ service.
I don't see how this helps anyone else.
That's the difference between a parental control and a pinky swear.
The thing this creates is liability on parents, or schools, or anyone who provides computer access to children. And access to PII for bad guys (who can ask your computer for your date of birth in this proposal, right?)
That has little connection with this law.
And having no age settings at all is where you'll have the most brainwashing.
> The thing this creates is liability on parents, or schools, or anyone who provides computer access to children. And access to PII for bad guys (who can ask your computer for your date of birth in this proposal, right?)
They're already responsible for controlling that. I think they should have more tools to help.
> And access to PII for bad guys (who can ask your computer for your date of birth in this proposal, right?)
Did you look at the law(s)? They get one of four age ranges.
You are assuming the parent is the administrator of the computer.
Have you seen distrowatch? Are you going to go track down maintainers from every distro - many of whom live outside of the U.S. - and demand they implement this? The smaller ones would probably ignore you or tell you to get fucked, the larger ones with funding might decide to drag you into court.
