▲ 64 ▼ California makes Linux, OSS software exempt from age verification law. (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 1 week ago by displaced_city_mouse@midwest.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments Let's hope other states follow suit...
[–] PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 child) My tinfoil hat is telling me they’ll do this to make an outlaw of Linux and block it from services and sites. I hope my hat is wrong. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Isthisreddit@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago Keep that tinfoil hat close, I have a feeling Digital identification laws and ReadID technologies are actually moving the internet away from user anonymity, enabling a framework where users can be tied to real-world identities and easily sanctioned. Make a post on the internet that someone objects to? boom, you just lost access to all your bank accounts. I mean people connected to Peter Thiel are already bragging how they would love to do that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Isthisreddit@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago Keep that tinfoil hat close, I have a feeling Digital identification laws and ReadID technologies are actually moving the internet away from user anonymity, enabling a framework where users can be tied to real-world identities and easily sanctioned. Make a post on the internet that someone objects to? boom, you just lost access to all your bank accounts. I mean people connected to Peter Thiel are already bragging how they would love to do that permalink fedilink source parent