Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook for age verification
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Re: Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook for age verification
#2What does that mean, practically? The person who installed linux on that particular device is liable?
>no algorithmic feeds for minors by default
Any choice of what content to display is an algorithm. Maybe they want a simple or easily explainable algorithm?
Re: Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook for age verification
#3as Linus would say, that is a userland issue, not a Linux issue
Re: Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook for age verification
#4I'm surprised we're not seeing heaps of lawsuits here. Age verification in general violates privacy.
Re: Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook for age verification
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Re: Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook for age verification
#6So that includes Android? What about the Unix of iOS?
You can also thank big tech for this because they'll do anything to not verify age on their platforms they want to push it onto devices and OSes.
Re: Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook for age verification
#7It’s bonkers that 50 states all decide to make their own set of rules for this. Maybe talk to each other?
Re: Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook for age verification
#8I don't understand how you are actually going to be able to enforce this when Linux is not "owned" by a single company.
Also how is that fine going to work if you don't have any children?
Re: Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook for age verification
#9Does it even ask for verification? If not, the problem with it is that it seems to require the OS provider (not the local installation) to store the age.
Re: Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook for age verification
#10as Linus would say, that is a userland issue, not a Linux issue
as Stallman would say, that is a userland issue not a GNU/Linux issue ;P