Yes, they're linked by some form of government ID. Of course, it's probably very easy to get around that in some manner by just playing offline games or using a parent's ID.
I am quite skeptical of this. There would have to be an API. There would have to be documentation for that. There would likely be keys assigned to individual apps.
Couldn't they just send the government 'ID #11111 has played our game for 30 minutes' and 'ID#11111 is requesting a login how much time do they have left' and let the gov track the specifics
Of course they could. It would obviously be an enormous security problem. Apps would have to know the government ID of children. Nefarious entities could stage denial-of-service attacks against individuals.
Obviously China could do this. I am skeptical of the claim presented as hearsay without evidence.
If such a system exists, there should be easily found documentation for it.
They do this. Basically everything runs straight through wechat, as if the facebook appstore hadn't lost relevance. Wechat is the api in most cases. You can even go to court on it.
This is a country that has "great firewall", social credit system for all citizens with centralized API etc. It's not a problem for them to create an API for this.
I agree it would be no problem. It would obviously be an enormous security problem. Apps would have to know the government ID of children. Nefarious entities could stage denial-of-service attacks against individuals.
Obviously China could do this. I am skeptical of the claim presented as hearsay without evidence.
If such a system exists, there should be easily found documentation for it.