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An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 1 day ago by ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/61071136

Apparently this will include Linux...

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[โ€“] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I've only skimmed but:

provide an accessible interface at account setup

They don't even define "account." They have a definition of "account holder" that makes no sense.

Are all devices required to have user accounts? There was a time when home computers did not have such things.

[โ€“] Archr@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

That's a really good point. It feels like they intended for that to be up to OS providers to determine. But really that was the lawmakers' job to define. My assumption is that this law was rushed.