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Re:Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16 by TeMPOraL on Thursday November 07, 2024 @07:28AM (#42076052)
Maybe things have changed since I was a kid, and I'm not up to date as my kids are too young to operate cell phones, but - does anyone actually buys a plan for an underage person? I'd think it's usually an adult parent/caregiver who buys another SIM card under their own name and just gives it to the kid; the carrier shouldn't have a way of knowing which phone/SIM card belongs to an underage person.
Re:Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16 by Etheryte on Thursday November 07, 2024 @08:15AM (#42076375)
Functionally yes, the plan is in the parent's name. But at least where I'm from, you already have plans that are geared at kids, e.g. they have limits on how big their bill can be so they don't blow it up, certain services are turned off for them such as pay-per-minute calls, and so forth. Perhaps to put a different way, the carriers might not have this info right now, but it would be straightforward to implement this limit this way. Any other approach that I can think of would be both more technical work and also a bigger breach of privacy.