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This just seems like an attempt to get sued to challenge the law.
Funny the amount of work that people are putting into such a nothing burger of a law.
Edit: also interesting to see the critical meltdown our community has over a law that doesn't even require ID verification.
Edit 2: also I will be honest I did not read the entire home page. It is like 5 or 6 times longer than the law that it is complaining about.
It's like, why do you care if a cop searches your car or your apartment, if you got nothing to hide!
Edit: /s in case you thought I was as dumb as that comment lol
The law does not require giving the government any access to your system or even sending them any information. This is just false equivalency.
The New York version does require verification but for some reason nobody seems to be mentioning that