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by Arch485 103 days ago
Or lots of parents will put their ID into their kid's computer so that they have full access.
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What ID? Most of these laws don't require any ID.

They require that when the administrator of the computer sets up an account for a user the admin can enter an age or birthdate for the user, and that the OS provides an interface so that apps that user runs can ask based on that admin provided information what age bracket the user is in ([0,13), [13,16), [16,18), [18,∞)).

Apps that need to make age based decisions can use that information.

Once a mechanism is in place, they can easily "refine" it.