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System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks (www.theregister.com)
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[–] offspec@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

An "I am an adult" checkbox in your OS that gets propagated out is probably the most privacy centric way to lock down kid accounts right?

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They want to require IDs which requires validation, which requires a central authority. Any websites you hit that require the check will request it from the OS which will need to verify with central authority. So they'll know what websites your hitting.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yup, the REAL goal here is to get an ID associated with an IP address to remove your anonymity from the web.

[–] how_we_burned@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yup, the REAL goal here is to get an ID associated with an IP address to remove your anonymity from the web.

Maybe I'm not technical enough (and I'm wrong about this) but I believe there is some sort of fingerprint at the OS level (not IP or Mac) that they can obtain when you're on the net that in turn they want to map to your identity, thus even if you're using tor/vpns to mask your IP, you're still identifiable.

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Governments already have an ID associated with an IP. There is no ISP that im aware of that lets you register anonymously.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Dynamic IPs, VPNs...

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Dynamic IPs still have an ID associated. VPNs most can be subpoena for the true IP. Yes you can hide your IP but only a tiny fraction are doing that work and this law isnt going to affect them.

[–] offspec@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

This is different than the legislation being pushed in CA then, sorry it's hard to keep up with the global enshittification of everything