Bryan Steele 

The OpenBSD project, being based in Canada for the past 30 years, is not subject to California law.

Now stop fucking asking. ​

Note: Not speaking authoritatively on behalf of the project, yadda yadda.

Mar 4 at 6:31pmWeb
Show threadchollingMar 4
@brynet Guess I'm out of the loop. Which California law in particular is worrying people?
Show threadJernej Simončič �Mar 4
@cholling @brynet Forcing OS to support user age reporting.
Show threadSir Osis of Liver 🇨🇦 🇲🇽Mar 5

@cholling @brynet

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup/

A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup

It's basic, and by the looks of it, near unenforceable.

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Show threadchollingMar 4
@brynet Guess I'm out of the loop. Which California law in particular is worrying people?
Show threadRobert Pluim 🇪🇺Mar 4
@cholling @brynet I suspect this is the one about the OS having to check the users' ages, and provide that info on demand.
Show threadChristopher Mar 4

@brynet

TIL: OpenBSD is Canadian.

Still, its not clear how they plan to enforce it stateside. I hoped by now they would have some small minimum understating of tech by now, but its clear absolute power keeps you in a time warp. 

Show threadAdministratorMar 4

@brynet The Project? No. Users of it? Perhaps.

Since there's a lot of misinformation out there about this new law (and Google Search is nearly useless), here's a link to the actual law on California's Legislature website:

AB-1043 "Digital Age Assurance Act":
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043

Bill Text - AB-1043 Age verification signals: software applications and online services.

AB 1043 Age verification signals: software applications and online services.