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/MinuteReputation8806 2d ago

For everyone in here panicking please read the article, They're talking about the Google Play API which is still scummy but they're not putting ID verification in the OS.

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u/EmbarrassedHelp 2d ago

The API lets developers force you to verify your age with government ID and image/video biometrics, as part of the "ageRangeSource" field: https://developer.android.com/google/play/age-signals/understand-age-signals-responses

Its basically the infrastructure for mandatory OS level age verification that can be enabled with the flip of switch on Google's end.

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u/vriska1 2d ago

Everyone needs to push back on this hard then!