Colorado Lawmakers Push for Age Verification at the Operating System Level
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Rather than having people verify their age on every app they use, Colorado's SB26-051 would implement a way for devices to share an 'age-bracket' signal to third-party apps.

Senator Matt Ball and Representative Amy Paschal presented this bill, Age Attestation on Computing Devices (SB26-051), to the Colorado Senate, where it was assigned to the Business, Labor, and Technology Committee.

California has also made a similar push for such a bill. We really need technology experts talking to these politicians to explain how dangerous bills like these are and actually focus on the real issues of the cost of living, affordable, and healthcare. This is why people think Democrats are controlled opposition.

  • Godort@lemmy.ca
    93·
    6 hours ago

    There should be no need for this to exist. The internet has been around for long enough without age verification that it doesn’t need to be added now.

    That being said, this is the lesser of the two evils, I think. If your age data exists at the device-level and can send an authorization to a service that says “This user is an adult” without needing to send them any additional identification, that would be better than needing to trust some nebulous cloud service with identifiable information tying your personal identity to your online habits.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      10 hours ago

      This is even dumber/more nefarious than that. They want this at the OS level. So I guess even if you are using something offline and want it air-gapped, these fucking geniuses want age verification?

      All I can say to them is: go fuck yourselves.