Texas is trying to destroy app privacy for everyone. Starting 2026: Texas law requires age verification for all app downloads. Want to check the weather? Hand over "sensitive, personally identifiable information."
➡️ Apple: "We are concerned that SB2420 impacts the privacy of users by requiring the collection of sensitive, personally identifiable information to download any app, even if a user simply wants to check the weather or sports scores." ➡️ Google: "A weather app doesn't need to know if a user is a kid."
What you can do: ✅ Use a VPN to appear outside these states ✅ Contact your reps!! ✅ Support orgs fighting these laws (EFF, ACLU) ✅ Understand: "protecting kids" is often code for mass surveillance ✅ Push both Apple & Google to allow/keep 3rd-party app installations!
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Texas is trying to destroy app privacy for everyone. Starting 2026: Texas law requires age verification for all app downloads. Want to check the weather? Hand over "sensitive, personally identifiable information."
➡️ Apple: "We are concerned that SB2420 impacts the privacy of users by requiring the collection of sensitive, personally identifiable information to download any app, even if a user simply wants to check the weather or sports scores."
➡️ Google: "A weather app doesn't need to know if a user is a kid."
What you can do:
✅ Use a VPN to appear outside these states
✅ Contact your reps!!
✅ Support orgs fighting these laws (EFF, ACLU)
✅ Understand: "protecting kids" is often code for mass surveillance
✅ Push both Apple & Google to allow/keep 3rd-party app installations!
Source: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/apple-and-goog…
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