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Comment on System76 on Age Verification Laws

deltaspawn0040@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Oh my God it’s gonna happen. Teenagers are gonna start learning to install hacked Linux distros that lie about their age for access to porn. This might actually be the biggest boon for tech literacy ever.

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asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
isn’t this just asking your age when the OS is installed? in that case can’t they just install any non-hacked distro and lie? there’s no verification, is there?

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- boraginoru@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Depends on the state/law. Also from the article
  
  It can get worse. New York’s proposed Senate Bill S8102A requires adults to prove they’re adults to use a computer, exercise bike, smart watch, or car if the device is internet enabled with app ecosystems. The bill explicitly forbids self-reporting and leaves the allowed methods to regulations written by the Attorney General. Practical methods for a bill of such extreme breadth would require, in many instances, providing private information to a third-party just to use a computer at all. Privacy disappears.
  
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