cm0002@infosec.pub to Linux@programming.dev · 3 days agoAn upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verificationwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-linkAn upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verificationwww.pcgamer.comcm0002@infosec.pub to Linux@programming.dev · 3 days agomessage-square39linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 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-squaregnuthing [they/them]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoMy kid has a phone, their user doesn’t have app installation permissions at all and app store is hidden
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoYou can already require a pin to download anything off the store.
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)
My kid has a phone, their user doesn’t have app installation permissions at all and app store is hidden
You can already require a pin to download anything off the store.