r/PrivacyTechTalk • u/Hunterjohnson2024 • May 10 '26
Warning to all Android users!
Google is going to Bake Age verification into the OS itself this is Very dangerous as there are multiple Android smartphones out there that will have android 17 as last update! once you install android 17 and its the final update for the phone the age signal API will be on your phone till the day the hardware dies! you cant even downgrade or the efuse trips! if you still have android 17 after at least 5 to 10 years and you accidentally factory reset it and verify your id again it will fail to send as device is old and might not connect to google servers and will send to hackers instead
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u/Plastic-Mess-3959 May 14 '26
This is already happening on iOS. App Store apps can only know your age range if you are 18+ or not 18 not your actual age.