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Parents Decide Act: Is there any info regarding OS implementataion that would allow early effort to circumvent? (www.congress.gov)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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Hi there, everyone.

I'm willing to stop using devices if necessary but I'm curious if there's any early information on how the OS is supposed to verify, who this gets passed to and how they would restrict access to the entire internet that would allow discussion on methods to circumvent this attempt.

I guess the OS could restrict the passing of information or it could be done via a check at the ISP but the fact that they're saying even mom and pop OSes do this check, it seems unlikely they'll be prepared to deploy something like that. If it's done at the ISP, I guess a packaged "passing" ID could be provided, whatever that entails.

I know this is in it's very early stages and nothing has been worked towards yet for satiating this requirement but has there been any discussion anywhere on how this might be handled?

I suspect the subsequent act will be banning VPNs so that we're not connecting to the WAN outside of our country. Perhaps this could be defeated by simply leasing a VPS in a foreign country to run a private VPN. I've read that the data looks identical to streaming a game so it might get by the geo-restriction.

I know there are no answers yet, I'm just looking for some discussion on how this might play out and how we could get around it.

Thanks for your time!

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[–] 11 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Time to start disabling updates and packages for a bunch of devices.

I'm redoing my laptop back up Windows 8.1 just to have it (lightweight and enshitter-free) and then dual booting Linux on there. Desktop already Linux but may download even more ISOs just to have them handy.

Will eventually setup p2p for anyone who wants them. I've got close to 200tb.

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

    So, more people learning to compile kernels eh? ~ @kaotic@lemmy.world
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    Related: How to build the Ubuntu Linux Kernel [2024-10-02; web-archive]

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    [–] 10 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    How are they gonna force this? Going after websites that provide OS software? Hardware manufacturers? Seems like an enforcement issue.

    Or, as a Palestine Action supporter put it: The State is a joke.

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    • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    How do you implement this on a kiosk or ATM?

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    [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    How much did Microsoft pay for this law?

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    [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    (1) Require any user of the operating system to provide the date of birth of the user in order to—

    (2) If the relevant user of the operating system is under 18 years of age, require a parent or legal guardian of the user to verify the date of birth of the user.

    Kinda backwards logic for what they are trying to achieve. Unfortunately they are probably going to fix this 'bug'.

    (4) OPERATING SYSTEM.—The term “operating system” means software that supports the basic functions of a computer, mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device.

    Yes servers too.

    (5) OPERATING SYSTEM PROVIDER.—The term “operating system provider” means a person that develops, licenses, or controls the operating system on a computer, mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device.

    Everybody can be, selectively probably, prosecuted from a minor contributor to the minor user himself if he installed the infringing OS.

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    [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Parents decide act

    Parents don't get to decide anything

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