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System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks (www.theregister.com)
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[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 17 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

There are SOOOOOO many ways to implement age verification checks. And this is one of the worst. What is wrong with people

[–] offspec@lemmy.world 2 points 24 minutes ago

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?

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 29 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It's because the goal is surveillance

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

But who the fuck is actually introducing these bills? Which entity/organisation/individual/company are they getting the ideas from?