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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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[-] forgetful_fox@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago

No operating system needs to know the age of a user, it's just not within the scope of how it operates normally. Software will always be bypassed no matter what the law is. Brb, "moving" my computers using a VPN.

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago

I can actually imagine this being pretty useful on phones so you can give a kid a phone but prevent it from installing certain software (from normal sources)

[-] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

You can already require a pin to download anything off the store.

[-] gnuthing@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 months ago

My kid has a phone, their user doesn't have app installation permissions at all and app store is hidden

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