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

[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

[luca@sironi.xyz]

@_elena @nixCraft

Theoretically yes, that's exactly what that stupid California law says.

Windows, macOS, Linux—all operating systems.

It'll be interesting to see how they think this could ever be implemented in practice.

After smartphones, they're trying to screw up computers too.

Better to take care of our hardware

[gwentlarry@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft

VPN?

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@luca Im shocked this is coming from California! Texas or Alabama or Georgia, ok, but California?!? Nothing more dystopian than this

[slayer256@social.vivaldi.net]

@nixCraft This will blow over like all the covid laws and be deemed unlawful sooner rather than later if no one just jumps on board. Use a virtual machine to access social if you use em. For anything open source any programmer worth a lil salt can setup a fake age system and we all know kids learn fast