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@riley @Arcaik @lerxst @david_chisnall sure, but I think it is not, should not be, about vendor HQ legal entity. Child should follow law of theirs guardians, not device vendor. If they live in a country with full independence in 21, okay. That information is needed for localisation and wireless protocols. Those are the only relevant. I cannot influence MS, but can do something on open systems, Linux distributions. Let's focus on those.

@drahardja I disagree existing parental controls have something similar. For example Windows controls won't work at all in Mozilla Firefox nor Google Chrome. This seems a way to fix it.

@drahardja I think browsers should send underage header for every normal request, based on OS indication. Then instead of authenticating adults, rely on kids do not have powers to avoid sending such indication. If OS doesn't provide the information, we cannot make browser vendors sending it.

@drahardja @david_chisnall nope, I don't think we have something similar. What can stop 13 years old kid to create a new account parent doesn't even know about? Can Windows or Android prevent that? Can non-IT parent configure it? I don't think so.

@pkw @david_chisnall you as a parent won't buy it for your children or take the responsibility for it. All it needs is clear indication that system has underage accounts support.

@Arcaik @lerxst @david_chisnall true. But the important is the country of child and whether he or she is considered adult in his own country by his own device. Until they are adults, it should require parent's consent.

@david_chisnall no, there is no need for periodic actions. Store kids birthday in the system, but provide API telling apps only age group, unless the app is whitelisted. Birthday or birth year on the local device should not be too sensitive to store.

@david_chisnall oh, I think this is *almost* the correct thing to do. I think underage indication is a way to go. But parents should be able to select sites with more precise age group. By default it should be only true/false. To make advertisement targeting a bit less specific. For example only sites over 13 need better indication. Parent should know sites his kid has account on. Or block some of them.