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Ubuntu 26.10 Looks To Strip Its GRUB Bootloader To The Bare Minimum For Better Security
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I agree that a disclaimer might be the simplest path, but may not always be an option. I recall reading that for at least one distro their license didn't allow for geographic disclaimers.
Having a date field that defaults to 1/1/1970 or having the API needing to be toggled on (with a notice that California users may required to turn it on) could both be privacy respecting options.
Adding these features in a way that's intentionally unhelpful isn't necessarily rolling over, but may shield against lawsuits (IANAL).
That's certainly possible. It's hard to know for sure how it will look in practice, or if they will even attempt to enforce it in the first place. So many laws are "feel good" laws where nobody wants to say they're against protecting the children but nobody actually gives a shit about.