{"id":7056992,"date":"2026-09-04T14:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/windows-11-will-soon-tell-apps-how-old-you-are-heres-how-it-works\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T14:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:32:09","slug":"windows-11-will-soon-tell-apps-how-old-you-are-heres-how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7056992","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11 will soon tell apps how old you are. Here&#8217;s how it works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3227424-0-46183600-1788531025-Finger-touching-Windows-11-logo-on-screen-in-dark-room.jpg?quality=50&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until now, apps that wanted to perform age verification had to rely on primitive methods, like requiring credit card details, using third-party identity checks, or trusting the user with a date of birth input or an \u201cI am at least 18 years old\u201d checkbox. None of these methods truly prove that someone is an adult, which is an issue for apps with mature content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft\u2019s intent is to centralize the age verification process with the Windows Age APIs, which buckets your age group and provides a status that indicates whether your age has been independently verified. The move is in response to greater pressure from regulatory authorities in the US, UK, and EU, who are all pushing for stricter age verification laws.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"jwPlayer--floatingContainer\" role=\"complementary\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using the Windows Age APIs, an app can ask two main questions: \u201cWhich age group does this user belong to?\u201d and \u201cHas the user\u2019s age been independently verified?\u201d Microsoft emphasizes that apps will not receive a user\u2019s actual date of birth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note that not all apps are eligible to use the Windows Age APIs to ask these questions. According to Microsoft, its \u201cDigital Safety\u201d platform first validates the app to see if it has been properly registered and is allowed to to query for age verification. In other words, random apps won\u2019t be allowed to snatch user ages arbitrarily.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Windows Age APIs are currently documented in the Windows SDK, they haven\u2019t yet been enabled in Windows 11. It\u2019s unclear when exactly the enablement will happen, but it shouldn\u2019t be too far off\u2014most likely before the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Until now, apps that wanted to perform age verification had to rely on primitive methods, like requiring credit card details, using third-party identity checks, or trusting the user with a date of birth input or an \u201cI am at least 18 years old\u201d checkbox. 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