Comment on France seeks to ban social media for children under 15
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days agothe only way to have privacy-preserving age checks is when there’s a variable on the phone that stores whether the user is old enough. and gives that data forward to apps/websites trying to do age checks.
that variable can only be changed if you’re the rightful owner of the device, i.e. if you paid for it and have a code that’s on the purchase bill or sth. and children wouldn’t have access to that.
limerod@reddthat.com 4 days ago
This wouldn’t work and be moot because phones and other devices are purchased by parents and guardians not children.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
then they should hand out access tokens at the supermarket (need to be 18+ or 16+ whatever the age limit will be)