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An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 5 hours ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/linux@programming.dev

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Apparently this will include Linux...

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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 21 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Still fucking stupid and just a slow creep towards some bullshit like "kernel level age verification" where most Linux distros can't possibly comply because the chip manufacturers won't work with developers to certify unless they pay a $10,000 fee.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

It's like Secure Boot but actually, 100% useless.