cm0002@infosec.pub to Linux@programming.dev · 5 days agoAn upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verificationwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: linux@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoI can actually imagine this being pretty useful on phones so you can give a kid a phone but prevent it from installing certain software (from normal sources)
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoYou can already require a pin to download anything off the store.
minus-squaregnuthing [they/them]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoMy kid has a phone, their user doesn’t have app installation permissions at all and app store is hidden
I can actually imagine this being pretty useful on phones so you can give a kid a phone but prevent it from installing certain software (from normal sources)
You can already require a pin to download anything off the store.
My kid has a phone, their user doesn’t have app installation permissions at all and app store is hidden