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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)
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[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 15 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Age verification is stupid, but it's also not the goal.

Nearly all of the "think of the children" is really just subtext for "we want to be able to track literally everything you do".

[–] banshee@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Yes this is true, and it's good to remind everyone. I just had a random idea for the (rare) exception to the rule.