alt Hacker News> Not as described. There's no location info in that path
Ip address and general time of day will tell you a lot about location. Not street level, but country or state level.
> UUID passing the age check does not need to be re-signed because I've not given any consideration to expiry.
So as soon as any one uuid is leaked, it becomes plausible for any child to bypass the gates until the uuid is manually revoked?
> So as soon as any one uuid is leaked, it becomes plausible for any child to bypass the gates until the uuid is manually revoked?
How? Phones are already locked down pretty hard. Anything like this would need to be in something secured at the OS level just to stop signatures getting leaked between apps.
If you're thinking "kid roots device, replaces OS entirely", that's not the problem of the manufacturer of the OS that just got deleted.