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Comment on System76 on Age Verification Laws

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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