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

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