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Some ideas re: age verification (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by mrnngglry@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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There has been a lot of swirl around various pieces of age verification legislation and how different platforms and operating system developers are responding. I believe strongly in privacy and that the responsibility for the online activities of children is that of the parents. That said, as a parent, I think we need better tools available, especially for those who are less technically inclined. Here are my ideas:

A standard needs to be established that is open source and cross platform.
It should run at the OS level.
It should be controlled by someone with administrator access to the device / OS (a parent in the case of devices used by children).
It should be completely optional for that administrator whether they want to turn it on or not.
The only input should be birth year of the child whose account is being set up. No other personally identifiable info should be included.
All relevant sites/apps/platforms such as social media and NSFW sites should be required to honor the age indicator.

It needs to be assumed that at some point, any kid who really wants to learn will find a way to circumvent any controls but parents do need better tools.

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[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

how will the parent do the parenting when the kid can do whatever on the phone given to them when the parent is not around?

parental control software is (supposed to be) what it says it on the tin: software that lets the parent to set up limitations on the device.

[–] med@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

By enabling controls? You can prevent generic internet access and installing apps. I won't be giving my kid access unfettered to the internet until they are much older.

And let's be clear, the owner of my kids phone is me. My respect for their privacy extends to not looking over their shoulder when messaging friends. It doesn't extend to letting them install whatever or scan some random qr code or calling/receiving with numbers not in their contacts.