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How do you ban access to a website based on the OS of the user?

mirashii 2mo ago
By requiring hardware attestation, like Private Access Tokens in iOS/MacOS (see https://blog.cloudflare.com/eliminating-captchas-on-iphones-and-macs-using-new-standard/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/eliminating-captchas-on-iphones-... for example) and Web Environment Integrity and its successors ( https://github.com/explainers-by-googlers/Web-Environment-Integrity/blob/main/explainer.md https://github.com/explainers-by-googlers/Web-Environment-In... ).
- gonzalohm 2mo ago
  That sounds horrible
  - teddyh 2mo ago
    You don’t say. Here are some things to radicalize you: • 2012: <https://memex.craphound.com/2012/01/10/lockdown-the-coming-war-on-general-purpose-computing/ https://memex.craphound.com/2012/01/10/lockdown-the-coming-w...> • 2003: <https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimatur/ https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimatur/> • 1997: <https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html.en https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html.en>
    - deleted 2mo ago
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    - cyanydeez 2mo ago
      1980: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/enterprise-and-society/article/abs/keeping-children-safe-is-good-business-the-enterprise-of-child-safety-in-the-age-of-reagan/809D1927F7F58447F662DB5BB0DFCD07 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/enterprise-and-socie...
      - teddyh 1mo ago
        That one is not really about either the internet, or even computers.
    - smalltorch 1mo ago
      2003 deserves its own thread that's a great write up.
      - teddyh 1mo ago
        It has been submitted many times, but was only really discussed in 2012: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4337626 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4337626>
inigyou 2mo ago
According to the existing law, Facebook can't provide service to any user whose OS doesn't say they're old enough. According to this new law, Linux won't say that. So Linux users won't be allowed to use Facebook.
- pitched 2mo ago
  I’m sure there will be a package available on day 1 that will tell all sites you’re 30+ and should be allowed in. Probably even just a Firefox add-on, not a full OS package.

By requiring hardware attestation, like Private Access Tokens in iOS/MacOS (see https://blog.cloudflare.com/eliminating-captchas-on-iphones-and-macs-using-new-standard/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/eliminating-captchas-on-iphones-... for example) and Web Environment Integrity and its successors ( https://github.com/explainers-by-googlers/Web-Environment-Integrity/blob/main/explainer.md https://github.com/explainers-by-googlers/Web-Environment-In... ).

gonzalohm 2mo ago
That sounds horrible
- teddyh 2mo ago
  You don’t say. Here are some things to radicalize you: • 2012: <https://memex.craphound.com/2012/01/10/lockdown-the-coming-war-on-general-purpose-computing/ https://memex.craphound.com/2012/01/10/lockdown-the-coming-w...> • 2003: <https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimatur/ https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimatur/> • 1997: <https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html.en https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html.en>
  - deleted 2mo ago
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  - cyanydeez 2mo ago
    1980: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/enterprise-and-society/article/abs/keeping-children-safe-is-good-business-the-enterprise-of-child-safety-in-the-age-of-reagan/809D1927F7F58447F662DB5BB0DFCD07 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/enterprise-and-socie...
    - teddyh 1mo ago
      That one is not really about either the internet, or even computers.
  - smalltorch 1mo ago
    2003 deserves its own thread that's a great write up.
    - teddyh 1mo ago
      It has been submitted many times, but was only really discussed in 2012: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4337626 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4337626>

inigyou 2mo ago

According to the existing law, Facebook can't provide service to any user whose OS doesn't say they're old enough. According to this new law, Linux won't say that. So Linux users won't be allowed to use Facebook.

pitched 2mo ago
I’m sure there will be a package available on day 1 that will tell all sites you’re 30+ and should be allowed in. Probably even just a Firefox add-on, not a full OS package.