>Also the OS (and “privileged apps”) don’t ask for permission, they have full unfettered access to everything already.
replyIf you can't trust the OS, you have bigger issues than it knowing whether you're 18 or not. At the very least it has a camera pointed at you at all moments you're using it, and can eavesdrop in all your conversations.
Of course you can trust an OS that is engineered against you.
replyIf your OS prevented encryption, because one of the anti-encryption laws got passed, would you still trust its privacy and security?