>Under the bill, an operating system provider would be required to collect a user’s date of birth or age information when an account is established This seems

>Under the bill, an operating system provider would be required to collect a user’s date of birth or age information when an account is established This seems to happen on some WEB sites now, but many people here probably do not sign up on these sites, of if they due, they live on the moon and are thousands of years old or born in the future :) Now, the law is still in the legislature and I really doubt it will be passed. I believe this because of lobbying by both Microsoft and Apple. For non US people, lobbying now == bribes which is now somewhat legal depending how it is done. So lets pretend and speculate, but I doubt that law will ever become real. I am sure OpenBSD will completely ignore this law. NetBSD and FreeBSD probably too, but since both are based in the US, they could be chased down. Since I believe Linux is pretty much owned by Large Corporations, I think they are at risk of being forced to comply. Plus most non-tech people have heard of Linux so that adds to the risk. So, BSDs may have some years of "freedom" due to them flying under the radar or could be ignored completely. In any case, if passed, VPNs will be happy.