John H "looking for work" 
Okay. Let me get this straight about these god awful #ageverification laws being written by people who obviously have zero technical knowledge and didn't ask any experts for their opinions. All to "protect the children". Forgetting about the question of who is ever going to enforce this law, privacy concerns, technical issues, etc.
The way I understand it (at least in the case of California) is that when I install an OS I will have to enter my birth date and lets say I'm over 18. (Who installs an OS these days besides people like me being a #Linux geek?) Get the computer running and I connect to a site that requires age verification. Some daemon on my computer is going to get a request from the site and it will say "Yeppers. This person is over 18" and let me in.
There's no real verification of my age just that my computer says this. I didn't have to provide ID, etc.
This means we've literally got nothing better than the existing clicking on a box that says I'm over 18. Am I wrong?
Now lets say my child or nephew goes on the computer and uses it. It's still going to say that the user is over 18, right? If I set up another user account then do I have to say their birth date too?
How difficult is it going to be for somebody to vibe code a daemon that simply feeds this bullshit to the website every time a user connects? Make a freaking browser plugin?
And the website will be fined if an underage person accesses their site? How the f*ck does that make any sense?
This all seems so stupid and pointless. I know the next step is going to be some sort of ID check. That brings in a whole other world of privacy and security concerns.
Needs Fixin'
Bill
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Ogie Ogilthorpe ✅
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