alt Hacker Newsand that's as useful as self-documenting "i am over 18" or "over 21" for things that require that, without any document checks.
this is a way to get something legal on paper, the rest of the stuff (patches, if you will) comes later. This asserts that age is important enough to force an operating system to comply, this opens the door.
> and that's as useful as self-documenting "i am over 18" or "over 21" for things that require that, without any document checks.
No OS I'm aware of allows non-admin users to add new users to the system. Parents that care about these sorts of things don't give their kids admin access to their computers.
> the rest of the stuff (patches, if you will) comes later.
Unless the legislation allows for such patches through non-legislative process, patches to legislation generally happens on a ~20 year cycle in my experience.