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An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 5 months ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/linux@programming.dev
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Apparently this will include Linux...

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[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 48 points 5 months ago

Still fucking stupid and just a slow creep towards some bullshit like "kernel level age verification" where most Linux distros can't possibly comply because the chip manufacturers won't work with developers to certify unless they pay a $10,000 fee.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

It's like Secure Boot but actually, 100% useless.

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