Apple to Introduce Age Sharing Feature to Limit App Access
Apple plans to introduce a feature that lets parents share their kids' age ranges with apps, as part of new child safety features rolling out this year. The company argues that this approach balances user safety and privacy concerns by not requiring users to hand over sensitive personally identifying information. The new system will allow developers to request age ranges from parents if needed.
- This move could be seen as a compromise between platform responsibility for verifying ages and the need for app developers to have some control over their own data collection and usage practices.
- How will the introduction of this feature impact the long-term effectiveness of age verification in the app industry, particularly in light of growing concerns about user data exploitation?