You could always get hold of one if you wanted. It would cost you but it was possible. Parents knew it, teachers knew it. Like the days when vapes had been banned, there was always a way. Unlike vapes, you didn’t have to hide them. No-one could see whether your Agent was “age appropriate” or souped up. If you were smart on public networks you were ok. But word was spreading that sniffers were getting better. Embedded in more networks and spaces, they were getting better at spotting fingerprints. There were ways to get past them… but that would cost.