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California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 5 months ago by Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The law does not require photo ID uploads or facial recognition, with users instead simply self-reporting their age, setting AB 1043 apart from similar laws passed in Texas and Utah that require "commercially reasonable" verification methods, such as government-issued ID checks.

I hate Newsom but this seems like a non-issue.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If it was a non-issue they wouldn't introduce this to begin with.

There's not a single good reason to why an OS would ever need to know someone's age.

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub -1 points 5 months ago

Wait til you hear about the room numbers!