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How Linux developers defeated the new OS age-verification laws (blazetrends.com)
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The coordinated effort worked. When lawmakers finalized Colorado SB26-051, they added Section 6-30-105(e) to the text. This specific clause waives compliance for operating systems and applications distributed under licenses that allow copying, modifying, and redistributing without platform-imposed technical restrictions. Why the Section 6-30-105(e) Exemption Protects Decentralized Tech

This exemption establishes a formal legislative precedent for the tech industry. It legally shields free and open-source operating systems from hardware-level age attestation laws that closed ecosystems like iOS and Windows will soon have to follow.

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

Too bad this is moot. Google wants to deploy QR codes to prove you are human and not AI. The QR code is for your phone to prove you are real. Oops, your phone has a uuid and phone number and there goes your privacy.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Can you give a source for this?

    I'm presuming the QR uses the advertiser ID, which can be changed.

    Phone number would be GDPR, so I don't think that can be used.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    If you're providing it "voluntarily" it won't fall foul of GDPR.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    There is something like that but I'm not sure it really has the force we all wanted it to. I don't know if it's been tested in court yet, but the optimistic people thought it would ban any kind of "be tracked or else you have to pay", but I believe a lot of services are operating exactly this way.

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