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this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2026
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This basically makes using VPNs for privacy useless. Now they will have a record of every IP address you ever used. They can also use local laws internationally. Like if your state has age verification or bans certain sites, they can just use your ID to ban those websites or apps even if you aren't in the country.
This is horribly bad...
Can someone ELI5 this for me please? I'm clearly not getting what's going on
State-level bills have heretofore only required OSes to ask a user if they are of majority age. A federal bill is likely (based on the groups backing and who proposed it) to require OSes to validate (i.e. have users prove, not just assert) their ages.
Depending on what mechanisms are mandated, and who they target punishment at, it could lock 99% of users (who are not willing or capable to use means to bypass this) into tying all their actions online to a government-run database.
It's not enough that means to bypass it exist; the government shouldn't be able to mandate this kind of control, and shouldn't be propagating the expectation that this behavior and level of control is normal or acceptable.
This bill, if passed, will force operating systems to verify the age of the user. This means the verification uses a government issued ID.
It's the mechanism apparently being impossible to be cheated on what I don't understand. Or maybe I'm just hopelessly confused.
I should have replied under the post instead of under your comment, but it was your comment the one triggering the oh wait what moment for me, sorry. Don't feel like you have to give me an answer if I'm not making any sense