Earlier quoted context omitted.
They sell the OS to Illinois residents.
I have paid for Redhat just once. Since then ubuntu FTW
It's possible for Ubuntu too. Dell sells Ubuntu laptops to Illinois.
Illinois just told every operating system to start reporting your kid's age
11–20 of 134 posts
Re: Illinois just told every operating system to start reporting your kid's age
#12From reading the article, it sounds like an enforced standardisation? Like, asking for account age bracket and then having a standard API to ask for it would be easy, right? Just write it to a root owned `~/.age-bracket` for each user or something (obviously something better). It's a feature many apps implement in all kinds of ways already, especially games and social media stuff, so this, in theory, just makes it ea…
It passes responsibility and accountability from the large platforms to the open-source communities and to parents who are most likely tech illiterate. Facebook, etc. can wash their hands when they "accidentally" serve gambling ads (or whatever) to children and say "well it's not our fault the parent has the laptop misconfigured" It's classic blaming the victim.
I disagree. The parents are the ones who should be supervising. The work should not be pushed off to OSS devs or random website operators. Facebook is bad, but I'd rather deal with one Facebook than kill 1000 normal sites with bad legislation.
Re: Illinois just told every operating system to start reporting your kid's age
#13[deleted]
Re: Illinois just told every operating system to start reporting your kid's age
#14[dead]
Re: Illinois just told every operating system to start reporting your kid's age
#15illogical hubris - no state can regulate the internet; no state can compel developers to write code. the court cases on this will be interesting
Re: Illinois just told every operating system to start reporting your kid's age
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
It passes responsibility and accountability from the large platforms to the open-source communities and to parents who are most likely tech illiterate. Facebook, etc. can wash their hands when they "accidentally" serve gambling ads (or whatever) to children and say "well it's not our fault the parent has the laptop misconfigured" It's classic blaming the victim.
I disagree. The parents are the ones who should be supervising. The work should not be pushed off to OSS devs or random website operators. Facebook is bad, but I'd rather deal with one Facebook than kill 1000 normal sites with bad legislation.
> The parents are the ones who should be supervising.
Ok. When Alice & Bob come home from school what steps should every parent take to supervise A&B's phone and device usage over the past 48 hours?
Internet history, of course - for all the browsers, including those hidden away? But what if the logs are wiped or the second BraveFoxChrome installation isn't obvious?
Must every parent have an IT degree?
What if the parents are very good plumbers and car mechanics, should they also be expert in software design and installation?
Re: Illinois just told every operating system to start reporting your kid's age
#17> The law also stipulates that all transmitted digital signals have to be encrypted. I'm hoping there's nuance, but I'm surprised the article didn't go deeper on this too. ARP? ICMP? DHCP? I can't actually load the bill to read it ATM.
try: https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?GAID=18&Doc...
It only requires the encryption of the specific age-bracket signals mandated by Section 10 of the bill. What you're looking for is here:
Section 10. Age assurance requirements. ... (d) All digital signals transmitted in accordance with this Section shall be encrypted to ensure data integrity and security.
Re: Illinois just told every operating system to start reporting your kid's age
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
I disagree. The parents are the ones who should be supervising. The work should not be pushed off to OSS devs or random website operators. Facebook is bad, but I'd rather deal with one Facebook than kill 1000 normal sites with bad legislation.
> The parents are the ones who should be supervising. Ok. When Alice & Bob come home from school what steps should every parent take to supervise A&B's phone and device usage over the past 48 hours? Internet history, of course - for all the browsers, including those hidden away? But what if the logs are wiped or the second BraveFoxChrome installation isn't obvious? Must every parent have an IT degree? What if the par…
> What if the parents are very good plumbers and car mechanics, should they also be expert in software design and installation?
You know who else are not experts in software design and installation? Fossil politicians and slimy bureaucrats.
Name one public sector state or local website that isn't utter garbage and a nightmare to use. Go ahead I'll wait.
They need to get their sticky donut-eating fingers out of my personal computer.
Re: Illinois just told every operating system to start reporting your kid's age
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have paid for Redhat just once. Since then ubuntu FTW
It's possible for Ubuntu too. Dell sells Ubuntu laptops to Illinois.
"this option is not available in the state of Illinois"
Seems easy enough to implement before 2028 and only serve laptops without OS.
Re: Illinois just told every operating system to start reporting your kid's age
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I disagree. The parents are the ones who should be supervising. The work should not be pushed off to OSS devs or random website operators. Facebook is bad, but I'd rather deal with one Facebook than kill 1000 normal sites with bad legislation.
> The parents are the ones who should be supervising. Ok. When Alice & Bob come home from school what steps should every parent take to supervise A&B's phone and device usage over the past 48 hours? Internet history, of course - for all the browsers, including those hidden away? But what if the logs are wiped or the second BraveFoxChrome installation isn't obvious? Must every parent have an IT degree? What if the par…
Never mind the fact that Facebook, etc. has BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH of software engineers, designers, psychologists making absolutely damn sure that little Alice & Bob keep their nice little eyes glued and their little thumbs scrolling.