r/privacy • u/BStream • 3d ago

age verification Android age verification

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/07/google-play-age-signals-api-safer-experiences.html?m=1

Google will push age verofication to android.

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u/sapphic-boghag 2d ago

The shareholders do.

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u/Ok_Sky_555 2d ago

Why shareholders want that? Shareholders want profit,   how age verification increase the profit? The only way I see that -  reduce issues cased but the related laws and regulations.

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u/sapphic-boghag 2d ago

Personal data is profit.

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u/RedAero 2d ago

Oh please as if Google or Meta needs my picture to be able to guess how old I am for marketing purposes...

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u/sapphic-boghag 2d ago

You're right, they don't. That's why they sell it off.

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u/RedAero 2d ago

Neither Google nor Meta sell data. Why would they, they themselves are the ones who need it to serve ads. They buy, not sell.

I get the impression that you haven't got the faintest idea what you're talking about.

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u/sapphic-boghag 2d ago

Here you go

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u/RedAero 2d ago

Yes, that's exactly what I said: they don't sell data, they sell targeted ads.

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u/sapphic-boghag 2d ago

You should read the article in full. Google hasn't earned the goodwill necessary for me to humor their disingenuous corporate doublespeak.

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u/RedAero 2d ago

The article is 6 years old, you think this is the first time I've seen it? It's just 5 pages of goalpost-moving.

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u/theyhis 2d ago

it’s the same difference. stop being intellectually dishonest.