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I will reiterate: there is no way to enforce laws or policies like this without restricting the ability to modify the OS. There is already a pre-existing push
by headsman771 7mo ago
I will reiterate: there is no way to enforce laws or policies like this without restricting the ability to modify the OS.
There is already a pre-existing push to bring attested computing to Linux.
The California law is not the only OS level age verification law passed or in the process of passing in the US.
One wonders if you're being intentionally obtuse.
- gzread 7mo agoHow do we enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act?
- headsman771 7mo agoI take your point, but it's extremely foolish to think that ensured compliance won't be sought when it's technologically feasible. Its already illegal to show adult material to minors. If they were about enforcing laws properly they'd just do that. For instance a court ruling that adult material isnt allowed on the internet, since you can't effectively ID visitors. Anyone could just make a fake ID though, so what did they do? Make creating fake IDs a crime. If we can lie about our age to the OS, they'll make it illegal to do that as well. This is an obvious move to reduce computing freedom.
- gzread 7mo agoIs it technologically feasible to ensure compliance with the ADA?
- headsman771 7mo agoNo. Not without upending innumerable precedents, laws, and norms in the US, or optionally, bankrupting it.
- gzread 7mo agoBut you think they'll do it for over 18 just because they can and it's easy to do?
- headsman771 7mo agoYes. Because it isn't any of those 3. It's not in contravention of any long standing norm (just since the popularization of the internet), law, or long standing precedent. And because it gives multiple groups extreme power and influence over many things. And because those groups clearly crave that power and influence. The internet is the new public sphere and forum, and it should not be possible except through legal judgement to bar or hinder anyone from accessing it. If necessary, create private gated networks for adult material. Anyway. You're clearly entrenched for some reason, so I won't waste my good faith effort any more.
- gzread 7mo agoWhy does screen readers cause those things but age verification doesn't?