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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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[–] 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

This kinda seems like a roundabout way of avoiding government /corporate age verification laws? Like it doesn't require ID verification or biometrics and runs a local api to verify age.

Can someone smarter than me please explain if this is a good thing or not?

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I'm not saying I'm smarter than you but to me it looks like "Hey yeah we require age verification. So, anyway..."

    A token easily bypassed "verification" law to set and forget. It's basically the same level of security corrently keeping teenage boys off of PornHub.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    It's not really easily bypassed though, if only the administrator can set the date of birth for an account. if the parent does not use the admin account for daily usage (and they shouldn't for other reasons), then the majority of the children won't be able to change it

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