ArmchairAce1944Feb 27

An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification

https://lemmy.ca/post/61071144

An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification - Lemmy.ca

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/61071136 [https://lemmy.ca/post/61071136] > Apparently this will include Linux…

Show threadD06M4Feb 28
Anyone who has installed and set up an OS knows this is both dumb and criminally dangerous.
Show thread_‌_反いじめ戦隊Feb 28

Explain the

criminally dangerous

Show threadSmaileMar 1
This program would likely need to to be on start up, it’s another vector for data imput, this can be done wrong a lot of dif ways because of those two points alone.
Show thread_‌_反いじめ戦隊Mar 1
But that’s already doable in UEFI & logins. A 3rd vector into age checking users is just another analytics.
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Show threadSmaileMar 1
yes but it would have to be verified on a outbound server to make sure its in the data base, otherwise you could use any old copy/fake or dead person. yet another path for attack and forces you to be online to access your pc.
Show thread_‌_反いじめ戦隊

UEFI then.

I get your point although.

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