Damn 😱 imaging not being able to download your OS because of where you live right now ...

[freekymage@ieji.de]

@nixCraft watched this video yesterday on how different distros are responding. https://youtu.be/bfj0wzclY0M

[simran@fosstodon.org]

@nixCraft "We couldn't deliver your parcel because the driver failed the age verification at the doorbell"

[shaadra@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@nixCraft

This is horrendous.

[phl@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft The world has gone completely nuts.

[toriver@mas.to]

@henrik @nixCraft Imagine if every user of an ATM or a parking payment machine had to enter their birthdate, or have to scan their ID…

[windofchange@mastodon.online]

@henrik @nixCraft I was thinking the same thing. I bet every californian has OS in every home appliance.

[kerplunk@mastodon.scot]

@nixCraft https://

Another prime example of

What the liars, bullshitters and maga call land of the free.....

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[aakaynjl@social.vivaldi.net]

@nixCraft VPN

[grymt@mastodon.cloud]

@nixCraft it's important to protect kids from open source!

[poulet_benoit@fosstodon.org]

@nixCraft

US people are so funny

[angiebaby@mas.to]

@nixCraft

And California of all places.

[melroy@mastodon.melroy.org]

@nixCraft fk age verification

[lil5@social.last.nl]

@nixCraft @janvlug “check out FOSS torrents” Torrent is the best way to download Linux ISO’s

[bartv@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft That's not 100% accurate - they're showing a warning but I don't think they're actively blocking anything? So it's more like the typical American legal bullcrap.

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft is this real?

[penguintrinity@social.tchncs.de]

@agowa338
Thats basically legislator's and attorney generals seeking to control human behaviour. The #butthechildren argument is just a skape goat to implement the necessary legislature to collect the necessary data.

Its always a question of data, legislation, cost and time.

This is the cost-effective way of collecting the necessary data in a relatively short amount of time. Later its just a question of extending the legislation.
@nixCraft

[knapjack@snac.gruntle.cc]

@nixCraft@mastodon.social Looks like: https://natlawreview.com/article/california-introduces-new-age-verification-requirements-software-applications

[mxalba@blahaj.zone]

@nixCraft@mastodon.social

Actually, I think this provides a nice little loophole.

The states in question oblige vendors to implement ID checks in their product. They don't oblige users to use an OS that has built-in ID check...

So with this move, a resident of these states who downloads and installs MidnightBSD is not breaking their state's laws, they're only breaking MidnightBSD's Ts&Cs. And MidnightBSD isn't breaking those states' laws either, because it specifically excluded use in those states in their Ts&Cs.

[gvenema@fairmove.net]

@_elena @nixCraft

Yep. It is real.

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/california-introduces-age-verification-law

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@knapjack