Walker

Age verification for OS installation.

This law was written and passed by people who have no idea how computers or the internet works.

Gavin Newsom should be repeatably kicked in the nuts, run out of town covered in tar and feathers for signing this.

Easy - Windows, Mac, Stock Android (Google).

Hard / Impossible - Linux, legacy OS, Smart Devices, Automation aka Cloud formation? Am I to tell my clients that if they scale up new OS on the fly that each needs to be ID verified?

Very Impossible - Hardware / Low Level OS (network gear, IoT devices, medical devices). You need a local account setting up a Cisco router or switch.

What about air gaped / no internet situations? Would I be prevented from installing an OS if I do not have the internet?

I have a Proxmox cluster full of VMs and containers in my basement. Do I need to get ID verified for each LXC container that has a user account?

What about the rest of the world? So fucking stupid and myopic.

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/california-introduces-age-verification-law

#ageverification #california #newsom #gavinnewsom #privacy #stupidity #azure #aws #selfhosted

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

AB 1043 also requires OS providers to pipe a real-time age checker to every app developer who requests it.

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Show threadChris SwanMar 3
@Walker since a similar law is getting rammed through Colorado the finger of blame for authorship likely tracks back to one of the 'think tank' policy mills that produces "model legislation".
Show threadWilhelm ArcturusMar 3

@Walker Let's be sure to spread the kicks around, as the state legislature passed this bill 77 to 0 in the assembly and 38 to 0 in the state senate.

Not to excuse Newsom, but the legislature sent the message that it was sign or be overridden.

It is very dumb, but it was a pretty big consensus of stupidity, mostly drive by the usual "won't somebody think of the children!" routine.

Show threadWalkerMar 3

@wilhelm_arcturus Agree 100%. I just focused on Newsom because he could have voiced opposition before it was signed.

Instead he wanted a flashy press release showing that he is doing something to look presidential and play to special interest groups, even though he knew it is a terrible bill, even said so in the signing statement, asking the legislature to fix it.

That is no way to effectively govern. Based on current events, there is no sign the CA legislature is going to do anything to fix this before it goes into law next year.

Show threadOCTADEMar 3
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They are earning the hate.

Never attribute to ignorance what is clearly malevolent.