I was wondering how they expected to do this.
Are they assuming that all access to social media will be via a mobile
phone or tablet?
I can't see on device enforcement working for a PC.
Even if Apple and Microsoft cave, there are older versions of Windows and
a whole raft of Linux distributions.
Perhaps I should hang onto my stock of non W10 compatible devices to
install Linux (or other Unix-a-like) to rent out to mid-teens to stay connected.
I was wondering how they expected to do this.
Are they assuming that all access to social media will be via a mobile
phone or tablet?
I can't see on device enforcement working for a PC.
Even if Apple and Microsoft cave, there are older versions of Windows and
a whole raft of Linux distributions.
Perhaps I should hang onto my stock of non W10 compatible devices to
install Linux (or other Unix-a-like) to rent out to mid-teens to stay connected.
I believe this is to counter some of the gaps in the Australian system. Although many child accounts on social media were shut down, about 70% of children are still accessing SM.
I was wondering how they expected to do this.
Are they assuming that all access to social media will be via a mobile
phone or tablet?
I can't see on device enforcement working for a PC.
Even if Apple and Microsoft cave, there are older versions of Windows and
a whole raft of Linux distributions.
On PCs you could always reformat the PC and install OpenBSD
On 2026-06-16, Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
On PCs you could always reformat the PC and install OpenBSD
Don't forget Microsoft controls the bootloader on all modern PCs[1].
On Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:29:00 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:
I believe this is to counter some of the gaps in the Australian system.
Although many child accounts on social media were shut down, about 70% of
children are still accessing SM.
I was never about the children...
you can disable secure boot, generally very easily
On 16/06/2026 22:48, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
you can disable secure boot, generally very easily
Until the makers remove the 'disable secure boot' option, that
is. Along with the ability to install new keys. ("key's expired guv?
Just buy a new mobo").
It makes me uncomfortable that MS seem to 'own' the secure keys to the world's PCs.
David <wibble@btinternet.com> writes:
I was wondering how they expected to do this.
Are they assuming that all access to social media will be via a mobile
phone or tablet?
I can't see on device enforcement working for a PC.
Even if Apple and Microsoft cave, there are older versions of Windows and >> a whole raft of Linux distributions.
If the device can?t/won?t provide sufficient information there are
plenty of fallbacks to establish a lower bound on age.
Most obviously, age can be recovered from identity, and tools for
confirming identity online are well-established and already heavily used
by the financial sector and government.
There are also indirect approaches, e.g. being able to authorize a
credit card transaction.
Personally I think social media should be restricted to people with
basic critical thinking skills, rather than purely on age.
s|b <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:29:00 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:
I believe this is to counter some of the gaps in the Australian system.
Although many child accounts on social media were shut down, about 70% of >> children are still accessing SM.
I was never about the children...
That's false. Don't fall for the techbro narrative.
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