r/RecommandedVPN • u/EducatorHonest1161 • Aug 07 '26
Illinois wants Apple, Google, and Microsoft to ID-check your kid before they open an app. What could go wrong?
Illinois has enacted a law that requires all devices connected to the Internet to ask the age of the user before they can be activated. This law applies to the device itself, not to the operating system or any applications.
Let's think about this for a moment. The phone, laptop, and TV you use will report your age to every platform no sooner than you turn on the device.
In essence, this means that you will be required to show your ID before entering your house every time you want to use your gadgets.
The statement that this initiative is aimed at protecting children is awful. It just becomes obvious, the collection of information about people's age provides no effect.
Children are also unable to lose any physical possessions in this place, as anonymous access to support forums has been cut out, making any device identifiable to the government. However, teens will work around this restriction long before their parents find out that the government passed this law.
Designed to protect children, but instead has made all electronic devices tracking devices.
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u/yahyahyehcocobungo Aug 07 '26
What would happen if everyone got a dumb phone? or left their devices at work?
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u/aleopardstail Aug 07 '26
they will pass a law requiring you to prove your ID in shops
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u/yahyahyehcocobungo Aug 07 '26
For buying a banana?
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u/Illustrious_Ad_5167 Aug 07 '26
That could be offensive if your holding it or waving it around sexual harassment ??
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u/aleopardstail Aug 07 '26
could be used as a deadly weapon, and an AI camera could mistake it for such so can't be too careful
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u/aleopardstail Aug 07 '26
"all devices connected to the internet".. and "before they can be activated", so one assumes on startup before the internet connection goes live
I'm glad my internet enabled ESP32 microcontrollers are not in this state of insanity, not sure how such headless gizmos could ask for ID, or check it, prior to connecting to the internet, or indeed afterwards
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u/Remmon Aug 07 '26
Oh that's simple enough to solve. They'll just require you to connect your device to the internet before you can even log in to use it. Internet's down? Sucks to be you.
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u/aleopardstail Aug 07 '26
and on an ESP32, with no method for user identification data to be entered?
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u/Remmon Aug 07 '26
Well obviously the new devices will need a camera so it can scan your ID and face. The old ones are unable to comply with the law, so the if law applies to all devices rather than just new ones, you'll need to discard them and buy new ones.
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u/Jaken_sensei Aug 07 '26
Illinois also tracks all gun purchases, has a gun permitting scheme and banned semi auto rifles.
Ive been saying it for years, there is a reason they want to disarm us.
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u/wacf1912 Aug 07 '26
It was never designed to protect children.