other_catLinux is Getting a Free Pass on Age Verification in California and Colorado
Other open source software gets similar treatment, with Colorado going as far as explicitly excluding code repositories and container platforms.
dance_ninjaIt’s not really a win though. It just means Linux will get blocked by platforms.
The fun part of open source is that someone smarter than me will inevitably just update the existing spoofing tools to include whatever checks those platforms are using.
Hopefully it is as easy as saying the user is an adult without storing anything. It won’t be, but that would be nice.
Gonna be a whole lot of people born on Jan 1, 1970
A number of VPNs have tools to let you spoof browser IDs. It’s useful if you want to access YouTube and pretend you’re on Chrome to get better performance.
ohshit604You don’t need a VPN to spoof the user agent of a web-browser. Quite literally type User Agent Switcher in the Mozilla plugin page and you’ll have a plethora to choose from.
The problem with this is Chromium based browsers work outside the standards for web-development, they implement features that Firefox or non-chromium based browsers do not comply with as it does not meet the standards and specifications laid out, hence why people say “Use Chrome if Firefox doesn’t work”.
Digital signatures might be required to prove your age. Then spoofing won’t do the trick.
I hope I’m wrong though.
If the pirates have taught me anything, it’s that there’s a way around everything, and someone somewhere is smart enough and bored enough to find it.
MalMen@IrateAnteater @hanke if privacy is only for criminals, only criminals will get privacy
That ship sailed years ago. We are all criminals now.