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On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states (lists.ubuntu.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[–] 35 points 6 months ago (11 children)

Why is there a need to comply with foolish laws? I'm sure I type stuff on lemmy.ml or elsewhere on the internet that doesn't comply with some idiot law somewhere in like Myanmar or the DPRK. Why would I concern myself with those laws.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    You don't need to take remote places like DPRK. Trust me, most Lemmy instances don't follow the laws of 27 European Union countries.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Can you share an example which laws and in what way are broken?

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  • [–] 26 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I support Palestine Action. From the river to the sea, Palestine must be free.

    There: I've broken British and Australian laws.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    People who live in California, if anyone bothers to enforce it, would have two options:

    1. Switch OSs to something that does comply, or
    2. Risk criminal actions for using their computer wrong

    It should be implemented as "This is only required if you live in California" during setup. However, this does sound completely unenforceable. If I have a connecting flight through LA, will they send a swat team to pick me up at the airport for not setting it up and using the WiFi?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Would they actually go after the people?

    I expect the law would place the responsibility on the companies managing / distributing the OS. That's the reason companies are complying. People can always look for alternatives.. I'm sure there will always be homemade distros without stuff like this made by ragtag groups / communities without much of a corporate structure behind.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    It's one more tool in the bag that the State can wield against us. My more conspiratorial thinking as this as an accidental part of the frame work of how they create the slave knowledge worker class since anyone who actually works in tech will disable this. That way they can sweatshop devs into fixing bad AI code without paying them.

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