▲ 1441 ▼ California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 5 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world 162 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] iuseasahibtw@ani.social 67 points 5 months ago (8 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 child) I would pay money to hear Linus on the phone with these self-important assholes. we want you to force user verification in all Linux. yeah, fuck you. ... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 5 months ago* Give homie some credit, I think he would at least ask "why?" first. Then also wish them "good luck!" on enforcing it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Evotech@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (3 children) I mean they could force big corpo to not allow anyone who can't verify age to use their services. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts 11 points 5 months ago (2 children) This is sponsored by meta to push the age requirement tracking onto the os rather than Facebook directly to avoid liability when under age kids access harmful content permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jj4211@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago Which is insane, as the OS doesn't have any way to authoritatively measure the user's age and so they have to be 'honor system' where the age is whatever the user says the age is, or require some online account with identity validation, which is what facebook tries to do anyway. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago An unverified age bracket in the OS that provides that to web services is the correct way to do it (a parent setting up a computer or account for a kid checks one box and suddenly google safe search, etc, everyone else doesn't check the box, done). I suspect meta is hoping to get better unique account to human mapping in their surveillance machine. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sualtam@lemmus.org 3 points 5 months ago You can't force it on any Linux distro, but on everybody who has to give a shit about compliance. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago Red Hat is the biggest power on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 child) I would pay money to hear Linus on the phone with these self-important assholes. we want you to force user verification in all Linux. yeah, fuck you. ... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 5 months ago* Give homie some credit, I think he would at least ask "why?" first. Then also wish them "good luck!" on enforcing it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 5 months ago* Give homie some credit, I think he would at least ask "why?" first. Then also wish them "good luck!" on enforcing it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (3 children) I mean they could force big corpo to not allow anyone who can't verify age to use their services. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts 11 points 5 months ago (2 children) This is sponsored by meta to push the age requirement tracking onto the os rather than Facebook directly to avoid liability when under age kids access harmful content permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jj4211@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago Which is insane, as the OS doesn't have any way to authoritatively measure the user's age and so they have to be 'honor system' where the age is whatever the user says the age is, or require some online account with identity validation, which is what facebook tries to do anyway. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago An unverified age bracket in the OS that provides that to web services is the correct way to do it (a parent setting up a computer or account for a kid checks one box and suddenly google safe search, etc, everyone else doesn't check the box, done). I suspect meta is hoping to get better unique account to human mapping in their surveillance machine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts 11 points 5 months ago (2 children) This is sponsored by meta to push the age requirement tracking onto the os rather than Facebook directly to avoid liability when under age kids access harmful content permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jj4211@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago Which is insane, as the OS doesn't have any way to authoritatively measure the user's age and so they have to be 'honor system' where the age is whatever the user says the age is, or require some online account with identity validation, which is what facebook tries to do anyway. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago An unverified age bracket in the OS that provides that to web services is the correct way to do it (a parent setting up a computer or account for a kid checks one box and suddenly google safe search, etc, everyone else doesn't check the box, done). I suspect meta is hoping to get better unique account to human mapping in their surveillance machine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago Which is insane, as the OS doesn't have any way to authoritatively measure the user's age and so they have to be 'honor system' where the age is whatever the user says the age is, or require some online account with identity validation, which is what facebook tries to do anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago An unverified age bracket in the OS that provides that to web services is the correct way to do it (a parent setting up a computer or account for a kid checks one box and suddenly google safe search, etc, everyone else doesn't check the box, done). I suspect meta is hoping to get better unique account to human mapping in their surveillance machine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sualtam@lemmus.org 3 points 5 months ago You can't force it on any Linux distro, but on everybody who has to give a shit about compliance. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago Red Hat is the biggest power on Linux. permalink fedilink source parent