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ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 months ago

An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification

www.pcgamer.com

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An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification

www.pcgamer.com

ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 months ago
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It's basic, and by the looks of it, near unenforceable.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/61071136

Apparently this will include Linux…

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  • UnknowableNight@piefed.social
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    Literally how can they enforce this on Linux? It’s open-source, people just won’t choose those versions or edit that out of the code.

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      They can’t, but if your OS can’t verify your age, then you won’t be able to access web services.

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        What if your OS just kind of… lies and says it has verified you as a respectable binary cis gendered 30 something white human with impeccable mental health who never engages in wrong think.

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        Oh no? I’m sure some people won’t code workarounds…!

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          That’s just verifying your age but with extra steps.

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            Or not just coding into it already verified so you DON’T have to do all these invasive things like ID scans?

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              Correct me if I’m wrong, but reading the article I don’t see anything about a requirement for ID scans for this law.

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                The wording is very vague, not saying exactly how, but with how everything globally is going, I doubt just typing an age is what they mean.

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                  I mean, you can read the bill yourself. I don’t see anything about requiring ID verification in there.

                  https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043

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        Web services which are more than likely running on Linux servers…

        Is the website old enough to be online?

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