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Comment on California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup

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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Because it’s not that crazy, authoritarian and is basically what most websites do to “verify” you age (which is to say nothing but asking you your age).

The law does not require photo ID uploads or facial recognition, with users instead simply self-reporting their age

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cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
The photo ID requirements are what will come next.

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- Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Maybe. But it will be funny for a little bit when the data starts showing the average age of a Californian is over 200 years.
  
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  - swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    They’ll tag all the Linux users with “1 January 1970”
    
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  - brsrklf@jlai.lu ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I am ready to believe those that allowed this law to pass were.
    
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matlag@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It always ALWAYS comes step by step!

First they will introduce age “non-real-check”, then they will enforce the check: you have accepted the principle, so what’s the big deal if we actually check it?

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