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Notton I love being punished for a mistake someone else made. /s It's like parental controls for everyone, doesn't matter if you have none yourself. eCtWeNwOb9w Reply
PEnns This is stupid on many levels. And the best part?? " The law does not require photo ID uploads or facial recognition, with users instead simply self-reporting their age" Yeah, sure, It's not April 1st, but it still sounds like a lame joke! Reply
rluker5 Dumb because: 1. Family computers. Not everyone has a PC for everyone in the house. 2. Rufus, Tiny10. Will mods no longer be possible? At least they act like they believe their heart is in the right place, even if reality says they are only doing harm to those less fortunate. The law is probably just to open the door for more lawsuits to raise the wages of lawyers. Reply
-Fran- If I'm reading this correctly, they just want the OS to ask "hey, are you old enough?" without further confirmation or validation, right? If so, then this is a rather moot thing from a usability perspective. The only silver lining is now there should be a somewhat centralised way for the OS to tell host sofware "the user is old enough" and save us some hassle per-app? Perhaps? And yeah… The Linux ecosystem will have issues adapting to this. Regards. Reply
WonkoTheSaneUK If the requirement is simply to self-report, then 99% of Linux users will share 1/1/1970 as their birthdate. (That's when Linux's clock counts from) Reply
marmastr as someone not from California, this is not to protect kids Reply
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