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Linux is Getting a Free Pass on Age Verification in California and Colorado (itsfoss.com)
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Other open source software gets similar treatment, with Colorado going as far as explicitly excluding code repositories and container platforms.

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[-] Noja@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 hours ago

Why are you waiting for this? This is already the reality; example: fansly uses the ID verification service ondato, which only works on chrome browsers and tries to detect "tampered camera feeds", ofc it doesn't work on Linux.

[-] TotalCourage007@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Call it Surveillance ID, don't give in to control freaks.

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