I don't see how they enforce it though? Isn't this saying every linux instance needs basically a backdoor network access? How would verify the 30 pods on my node are from minors or adults without that? Or this is more about a user facing node? So my aws nodes need to verify my age before I ssh in?

Remote desktop services?

Sounds so complicated to actually do.

There's no verification necessary. Instead, you'd just set a flag on all of those pods that says "this is an adult". Or more likely, you wouldn't set anything, there would be no changes at all, because that would be the default.

However, if I gave my child a laptop with Linux installed, the law would force the OS to provide some setting somewhere that I can toggle that switches the installation to child mode. (On Linux, I imagine it would make sense to have this be a per-user toggle, so my kid's account would be in child mode, and the root account would not.) The applications on that computer would then be required to check that setting if they want to show "adult content" (here defined as algorithmic feeds, notifications between certain hours, the ability to receive messages from identified adults). Similarly (this isn't clear but would presumably be technically required) browsers would pass this setting on to websites in some way.

Another way of seeing it is this: you know the DNT/Do Not Track header that you can optionally set in your browser and (theoretically at least) websites will not track you? This is essentially that but for certain kinds of content. If you set the header, websites won't be allowed to show algorithmic feeds, etc.

Basically all of this is in the article, which lays it out very clearly (if you ignore the Claude-isms).

I suppose they only have to confirm that the OS supports age bucket reporting... not that you're using it.