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System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks (www.theregister.com)
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[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 24 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

There are SOOOOOO many ways to implement age verification checks. And this is one of the worst. What is wrong with people

[–] offspec@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

An "I am an adult" checkbox in your OS that gets propagated out is probably the most privacy centric way to lock down kid accounts right?

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 2 points 49 minutes ago

They want to require IDs which requires validation, which requires a central authority. Any websites you hit that require the check will request it from the OS which will need to verify with central authority. So they'll know what websites your hitting.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 34 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's because the goal is surveillance

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

But who the fuck is actually introducing these bills? Which entity/organisation/individual/company are they getting the ideas from?

[–] Dazed_Confused@lemmy.world 1 points 18 minutes ago

There is a (conspiracy) theory that Meta lobbies this shit in order to avoid having to verify the users' age and not being culpable in case a minor uses their service.