Overall this seems to be the most reasonable approach to the whole issue so far.
Parents set up a child account on the device. The OS enforces what applications are available and that browsers are launched in some kind of child mode. The browser communicates to websites that the user is underage, for example by sending a http header. Websites check that header and can decide if they allow this user or not.
With this approach I see no glaring privacy issues compared to the recent push for digital ID laws and nobody will have to call their ISP to enable porn mode.
I really fear that they are building the infrastructure for something much worse here: There are web blocks for “illegal” sites like piracy pages currently in place in Germany. You can totally ignore them by changing your DNS and those anti piracy crusaders are currently trying to sue DNS providers. Guess what industry will be pushing when there is a feature available in every OS which can be used to block piracy sites?
Overall this seems to be the most reasonable approach to the whole issue so far.
Parents set up a child account on the device. The OS enforces what applications are available and that browsers are launched in some kind of child mode. The browser communicates to websites that the user is underage, for example by sending a http header. Websites check that header and can decide if they allow this user or not.
With this approach I see no glaring privacy issues compared to the recent push for digital ID laws and nobody will have to call their ISP to enable porn mode.
I really fear that they are building the infrastructure for something much worse here: There are web blocks for “illegal” sites like piracy pages currently in place in Germany. You can totally ignore them by changing your DNS and those anti piracy crusaders are currently trying to sue DNS providers. Guess what industry will be pushing when there is a feature available in every OS which can be used to block piracy sites?
what the fuck, no