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Maybe it should be possible for a parent to set a child age in a device. Everyone else can stay anonymous. I look forward to hearing why that won't work and w

Maybe it should be possible for a parent to set a child age in a device. Everyone else can stay anonymous. I look forward to hearing why that won't work and what problems it will cause.

vasco 3mo ago
How does the parent prove they are the parent. All you need is to think about the next step, come on now.
- kulahan 3mo ago
  …upon device purchase? Very obviously?
  - vasco 3mo ago
    The verification is not done per device but per usage session.
    - microgpt 3mo ago
      Why are you telling someone else how their hypothetical implementation works?
      - vasco 3mo ago
        There's no hypothetical, they tried to equate this to basically buying a gun where you do the certification on purchase. Internet connected devices are not planned to be controlled like that but per session. Under that model what they proposed is obviously not going to work.
        kulahan 3mo ago
        Comment 1: “maybe it should be this way” Comment 2: “it can’t be that way because of this” Comment 3: “but it can, because it could maybe be this way” You: “There was no hypothetical” Oh my god the comments are getting so stupid. Please, I beg you to stop.
        vasco 3mo ago
        They are indeed
        kulahan 3mo ago
        Oh nice save!
        microgpt 3mo ago
        The existing California law that passed a few months ago makes it per user account
    - kulahan 3mo ago
      This is incorrect, and you have failed to read my mind on how it works. Extremely weird attempt, but I applaud the bravado anyways.
  - chrisjj 3mo ago
    How someone proves parentage of a given child upon device purchase is far from obvious.
microgpt 3mo ago
You're describing California AB1043 which passed a few months ago and is now the law in California. We all got very angry about it when it passed.
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big85 3mo ago
Parental controls. Client-side blocking of content. Apple's parental controls are so good that parents give young children unsupervised internet access--the entire generation if iPad babies. Current iPads even use on-device AI to detect nudity in photos and prevent them from being taken, sent, recieved, or viewed.
riffraff 3mo ago
If the server can trust the device, then you don't need the parent, you can use a digital-enabled id card or passport. This is in fact the EU age verification app https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/european-age-verification-app-keep-children-safe-online-2026-04-15_en https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/european-ag... The concern here is the trust in the device appears to be tied to proprietary os/device vendors.

Maybe it should be possible for a parent to set a child age in a device. Everyone else can stay anonymous. I look forward to hearing why that won't work and what problems it will cause.

vasco 3mo ago

How does the parent prove they are the parent. All you need is to think about the next step, come on now.

kulahan 3mo ago
…upon device purchase? Very obviously?
- vasco 3mo ago
  The verification is not done per device but per usage session.
  - microgpt 3mo ago
    Why are you telling someone else how their hypothetical implementation works?
    - vasco 3mo ago
      There's no hypothetical, they tried to equate this to basically buying a gun where you do the certification on purchase. Internet connected devices are not planned to be controlled like that but per session. Under that model what they proposed is obviously not going to work.
      - kulahan 3mo ago
        Comment 1: “maybe it should be this way” Comment 2: “it can’t be that way because of this” Comment 3: “but it can, because it could maybe be this way” You: “There was no hypothetical” Oh my god the comments are getting so stupid. Please, I beg you to stop.
        vasco 3mo ago
        They are indeed
        kulahan 3mo ago
        Oh nice save!
      - microgpt 3mo ago
        The existing California law that passed a few months ago makes it per user account
  - kulahan 3mo ago
    This is incorrect, and you have failed to read my mind on how it works. Extremely weird attempt, but I applaud the bravado anyways.
- chrisjj 3mo ago
  How someone proves parentage of a given child upon device purchase is far from obvious.

microgpt 3mo ago

You're describing California AB1043 which passed a few months ago and is now the law in California. We all got very angry about it when it passed.

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big85 3mo ago

Parental controls. Client-side blocking of content. Apple's parental controls are so good that parents give young children unsupervised internet access--the entire generation if iPad babies. Current iPads even use on-device AI to detect nudity in photos and prevent them from being taken, sent, recieved, or viewed.

riffraff 3mo ago

If the server can trust the device, then you don't need the parent, you can use a digital-enabled id card or passport. This is in fact the EU age verification app https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/european-age-verification-app-keep-children-safe-online-2026-04-15_en https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/european-ag... The concern here is the trust in the device appears to be tied to proprietary os/device vendors.