Linux in California is in deep trouble - The Bryant Review
2026-03-08 01:03 UTC
Replies (14)
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@0t79JeIfK01RHyzo@lemmy.ml 2026-03-08 01:20
I didn’t realize it at first, but Pornhub has also been requesting device based age verification legislation.
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@tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 2026-03-08 01:20
A couple months ago Glock redesigned their pistols to mechanically block the ability for people to stick a cheep part in it that makes it effectively shoot full auto. About 24 hours later someone worked out a way around it. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. This shit will be cracked by the end of the week it goes into effect.
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@just_another_person@lemmy.world 2026-03-08 01:25
No, it’s not.
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@OwlPaste@lemmy.world 2026-03-08 02:51
Linux will not care, if some corporate distros sell out, no matter. Just spin up any other million distros which are not retarded. Or just gentoo it.
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@Corngood@lemmy.ml 2026-03-08 03:33
Every app does not need to check your birth date. An app will be able to query if the user is within one of a few broad ranges of age (e.g. under 18), but an app only has to do that if it needs to comply with some other legislation.
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@Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 2026-03-08 05:20
That bit about requiring app stores to query an online account to get the users age, that’s probably the most concerning part.
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@Cyber@feddit.uk 2026-03-08 07:30
Just add a “Not To Be Used In California” note. If - yep, a VERY big If - that happened it would at least trigger a larger discussion. At the moment, no-one in the general public knows about this erosion of privacy.
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@Nibodhika@lemmy.world 2026-03-08 07:45
I’m not sure if that law will pass/has passed, but I wonder how it affects embed systems, vending machines, etc, since all of them have OS in them. For Linux this can already be implemented by using groups for age so they can claim the OS already offers this and be done, then it’s up to the apps to query it and most apps wouldn’t need to so that’s that.
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@mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-08 10:08
Protecc the children protecc the children protect the ped…
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@Fokeu@lemmy.zip 2026-03-08 10:13
Just think about the children™ bro. We are doing everything to save the children™ bro. Trust me bro.
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@FaunHauser@lemmy.ml 2026-03-08 18:47
Just do what MidnightBDS did. MidnightBSD has decided to change its license to prohibit use in California. There, problem sorted. Anyone in California wanting MBDS can simply use a vpn. BTW, MBDS is one of those happy kind of discoveries (serendipity?) I’ve just made. Check them out.
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@LordCrom@lemmy.world 2026-03-09 22:35
Each app needs to check age? So like every one of the hundred windows processes need to do this?
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@PointyFluff@lemmy.ml 2026-03-10 00:40
LOL. no. it fucking is not.
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@DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2026-03-10 04:57
In my country, Brazil, on March 17 the age verification will be law on every OS… so technically Linux will be “illegal” too :(