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Re:New California law requires age verification for all OS a... by gatlin on Friday February 27, 2026 @06:37PM (#47187592)
If it must be ignored, then it exists. The bill proposes age verification. You may think the measures employed are weak or trivial, and I would agree, but the bill proposes age verification.
Re:New California law requires age verification for all OS a... by wredcoll on Friday February 27, 2026 @07:25PM (#47188181)
The bill attempts to move age related signals from sending a scan of your passport to facebook to your own operating system attesting something.
Re:New California law requires age verification for all OS a... by calf on Friday February 27, 2026 @07:32PM (#47188251)
Why do I keep proposing things but they fail to exist and I can't ignore my failures?
Re:New California law requires age verification for all OS a... by gatlin on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @08:39PM (#47241886)
That sounds like a question for a psychologist or clergy member.
Re:New California law requires age verification for all OS a... by wtallis on Friday February 27, 2026 @08:42PM (#47188907)
You seem to be operating with an unreasonably weak definition of "verification". What this bill is requiring is that app stores or operating systems ask for age information. Verification would mean doing something to verify the accuracy of the information provided, not merely receiving a response to the question. "Age verification" is not a synonym for "having age-based restrictions".
Re:New California law requires age verification for all OS a... by gatlin on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @08:39PM (#47241884)
Nope, just the normal one. It asks for your age and gates further interactions based on the answer, no? That's verification.
Re:New California law requires age verification for all OS a... by wtallis on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @01:46AM (#47244006)
> and gates further interactions based on the answer

No. The OS does literally nothing with the age information other than water it down to a few pre-defined age brackets and pass that on to applications. There's nothing in this law that says any action has to be denied. It's information collection and reporting, with no verification, accepting the information reported by the user as-is. The law does not require the information to be true or accurate, and explicitly removes liability from app developers when their users lie about their age.

Even applications don't need to do anything with the age information, unless there's a different law already on the books saying something needs to be age-restricted. And in those cases, getting the information about whether to apply restrictions from the OS instead of however they're currently getting age information is not "verification".

"Verification" necessarily implies at least two pieces of information or steps in the process: first, an assertion of something as fact, then something to confirm that fact. This law omits the second step. There's no confirmation.

Re:New California law requires age verification for all OS a... by gatlin on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @08:56AM (#47247443)
You seem to be passionate about your pedantry and I'm not so sure whatever.
Re:New California law requires age verification for all OS a... by eleventyseven on Saturday February 28, 2026 @10:07AM (#47196177)
Hey gatlin, are you going to apologize for ignorantly mangling the definition of the word "verification"?

Just delete your account.

Re:New California law requires age verification for all OS a... by gatlin on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @08:52PM (#47241974)
You seem to be under the impression that you have authority over me. Fascinating.