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 threadLost_My_MindMar 2

Simple solution. From now on Linux distros should ship with a big message “NOT FOR USE IN CALIFORNIA”.

You want to force age verification? No server in all of California will run. Period.

Show threadGigasserMar 3
Supposedly the age verification thing that’s needed is the equivalent to a porn site verification. Just enter a birthday that’s in the 1800s, and you’re set. This is still a bad direction to go towards though, as it’ll set precedent for future bullshit.
Show threadBroken

Exactly. Today you can enter Jan 1 1800 and it will take it. That’s not the problem.

The real problem is the precedence it sets. An asinine rule gets passed and companies adhere to it, meaning they are enforcers.

Tomorrow when laws require real verification, like ID scan then they’ve already agreed to be the gate keeper for said asinine laws. It’s harder to back out at that point.

It’s all surveillance and it should be stopped.

Mar 4 at 3:29amWeb