AmoxtliMar 2

California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup

https://thelemmy.club/post/45187928

California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup - The Lemmy Club

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Show threadballer_w

The law does not require photo ID uploadsor facial recognition, with users instead simply self-reporting their age, setting AB 1043 apart from similar laws passed in Texas and Utah that require “commercially reasonable” verification methods, such as government-issued ID checks. Seems toothless. Good.

Discord says only 70,000 government ID photos exposed in third-party service breach, denies 2.1 million figure — says it won't pay $3.5 million ransom and has cut communications with hackers, who are threatening to go public

Only "70,000" government IDs were exposed, rather than the claimed 2.1 million

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Mar 2 at 5:09amWeb
Show threaddb2Mar 2
Sounds like they’re lampooning the other laws tbh
Show threadscbasteveMar 2
Feels more like they see the direction tides are turning and they want to get ahead of it. They implement the laziest and easiest to work around age verification, and then if down the line age verification is required on a federal level, California can say they already did it.
Show threadLucidlethargyMar 2

I had to scroll way, way too far for this sensible comment.

I like Lemmy, but people panic and jump to conclusions often.

Show threadthemurphyMar 2
Which proves we are not better than reddit. We are just more privacy minded, but still dumb fucks with a keyboard.
Show threadGethMar 2
Right, but this is just a foundation. Adding on to it some fangs will be much easier than starting from scratch, which is why everyone is up in arms. It’s a useless and annoying law in it’s current form that just makes you question how these politicians use their time in the benefit of the citizen and also a terrible promise for the future.