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- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- privacy@programming.dev
AB-1043 “Age verification signals: software applications and online services.”
Text https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043
Other info https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043
California AB 1043 signed. Mandatory os-level, device-level, app store, and even developer-required age verification for all computing devices.
Edit: altered title from “ID check” to “Age Verification check”
Cute attempt, but libre software - as always - remains superior and impossible to control. That’s by design. Write any law you want, I can modify whatever line of code implements this stupid check, remove it, and move on.
You mean the libre software that is all primarily stored on AWS, Azure, or Google infrastructure, especially github?
Linux is the giant it is using email as the primary infrastructure for development. We will be fine.
Can’t we just fork it over to something like Codeberg eventually? I know it’s a lot to move over, but with time and patience, it seems achievable.
On a PC that isn’t so hard to do. The problem though is that online services will start requiring the os level check which itself will likely require phoning home to some service.
Plus open software on phones and tablets is still in very early stages.
Easy peasy, the browser checks the OS them reports it to the website
This simply isn’t true. However your first comment about OS level checks is where the issue lies - if you don’t phone home to Google your banking app won’t work.
Well good thing banks have websites.
And if you block your browser’s connection to Google you won’t be able to log in to your bank.
Time to switch banks then.