Even if this WERE a good idea, which it is NOT, it should be OPT-IN for RESTRICTION set by the PARENTS. OS level PARENTAL CONTROLS are stupid but REASONABLE.

I want the plot twist here to be that they’re just trying to tank Windows and MacOS because they’re big Linux fans

This is just so dumb and the fact that it’s coming from Democrats feeds right into the rage-bait winger types like Lunduke.

It’d actually be cool if I could verify age with one service and receive an anonymous auth token and create a pin or password, then just use those everywhere to verify age.

Or put it in my password manager and auto fill the BS on request.

All without sharing any private or identifying info with the service.

Currently I either just don’t use web services that require age verification, or I use a VPN to bypass them.

There is just no way that anyone with a technical background signed off on this idea.

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.

Where’s the vote blue people