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I don’t understand how are they even checking the age ??

They aren't. The device administrators (ie. the parents) set an age range in the OS' config and then the OS tells applications the value. That's it.

The problem is that you may wake up and find this system enabled by default unless you submit to age verification, like the authoritarian bullshit Apple pulled in the UK.

Google's shitty API lets developers force you to verify your age with government ID and selfies, as part of the "ageRangeSource" field: https://developer.android.com/google/play/age-signals/unders...

And the other problem is that you may wake up and find this system enabled by default for everything unless you submit to age verification, like the authoritarian bullshit Apple pulled in the UK.

In some jurisdictions/countries they have to call some government service which then tells them whether a person is above or below a certain age.

Theoretically you could make this double blind and that's the story they are telling.

We have no way to (dis)prove it though.

Alas, here goes the freedom, with thunderous applause.

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