What are the requirements on the external services for asking for the age? Say we just add an age as something that can be entered in with auth/changeuser. What is the requirement that any 9P service I share has to ask for an age?
On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM Wes Kussmaul <[email protected]> wrote: > > AB 1043 requires OS providers to maintain a "reasonably consistent > real-time application programming interface" that categorizes users into > four age brackets — under 13, 13 to under 16, 16 to under 18, and 18 or > older. > > Logically, how can that be accomplished without retaining the owner's > birthdate inside the OS? > > By contrast, the no-yes protocol lets any relying party query the > owner's MOI personal information vault. The owner can license any or all > relying parties (or none) to query for a binary-only answer, such as "Is > this person over (or under) N years of age?" The MOI contains the > birthdate (personal intellectual property item) and does the calculation > to answer with a yes or no. > > Of course the owner cal also license extended family and health > providers to query the actual date. > > > On 4/28/26 4:56 AM, gnufan42 via 9fans wrote: > > Has anybody here heard about the new Parents Decide Act? Unlike AB > > 1043 which only requires the OS to provide an age signal, this new law > > actually requires the OS to verify user's age (with ID, for example). > > I also found a website that catalogs this kind of law worldwide: > > https://tboteproject.com/ > > > > Honestly I'm pretty pessimistic about the future of computing... > > > > Thanks, > > 4d5a9000 > > *9fans <https://9fans.topicbox.com/latest>* / 9fans / see discussions > > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans> + participants > > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/members> + delivery options > > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription> Permalink > > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T75f981946d8422d1-Mddb6fa1fbc24ba343ba46702> > > ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T75f981946d8422d1-M5b55987106a938fa5230e52f Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
