Considering the massive number of servers running Linux used in the industry, this sounds like a good way to kill the Tech Industry in California.
This is a gift to Microsoft.
This law only applies to computers used by children. The law explicitly defines “users” as minors. It does not apply to machines used solely/primarily by adults. It does not apply to servers, or other machines with no local users. It won’t affect the tech industry directly.
This law effectively prohibits your children from (legally) using anything but Microsoft/Google products until they are 18.
With this law, Linux cannot be installed on a school computer. With a FOSS OS, the local systems administrator would be considered the OS provider, and would be liable under this idiot law.
User age required to be entered. There is no verification.
Why lawmakers are so stupid at understanding technology
Saw someone say this on the last article I saw regarding this, but:
What’s stopping the OSes from just putting “Not for use in California” on their product/website? Seems like a simple and easy fix lol.
Did you guys know I was born January 1st 1901?
I was born in January 1st 1970, more credible and symbolic.
Ah, im a 1975 man myself haha
Random day and month thoughI was born January 1st, 1979 so I could feel young again.
Shockingly, 2000-01-01 suffices.
Or to put it more bone crumblingly:
There’s no need to go back into the last millennium.Holy shit.
Are we twins? I, too, was born on the first day of January in the year 1901!
Luckily this dogshit is completely unenforceable. It doesn’t excuse the people who introduced this law, of course.
It’s hard enough trying to get Linux adoption in schools and businesses. This law makes it an additional liability.
Administrators of FOSS systems will be considered OS Providers under this law, and will be liable at $2000 to $7500 for every child they expose to a non-compliant OS.
Those few schools that have adopted Linux will be forced to switch to M$ and Google products.
This is just another charge to add when someone is accused of a crime involving computers. It doesn’t have to be a computer related crime but just be part of their property.
The law does not require photo ID uploads or facial recognition, with users instead simply self-reporting their age
That part is good at least. It also makes the California law an exercise in wasting everyone’s time and money.
No way this is enforceable
This is religious repression of TempleOS
How am I going to purify my code and my soul
Time for US-based linux distros to move their servers elsewhere (if they haven’t already).
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Yeah… no
This is stupid and a waste of my time.
Everyone not in California: mutes California
Age verification is stupid. I wonder if anyone thought of using a captcha. Require users to solve an appropriately complex problem before they use systems that require a certain amount of intelligence.
Would be fun to embed empathy quizzes for access to social media 😄
Age verification is stupid, but it’s also not the goal.
Nearly all of the “think of the children” is really just subtext for “we want to be able to track literally everything you do”.
