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GrumpyRabbit · 1w
_California Law Forces Age-Tracking Into Every Operating System by 2027_ FTA: California wants to build a surveillance layer into every device its residents touch. Assembly Bill 1043, signed by Gover...
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@GrumpyRabbit Even worse, I am seeing that [email protected] reported that #Ubuntu will be adding age verification to their #Linux distro.

#Linux distros complying with this law is even more concerning than the laws themselves. #FOSS software and operating systems like #Linux are the last lines of defense for bad laws like these because they are hard to censor and don't include backdoors to federal governments like something like #Windows does.
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Nicholas Conrad · 1w
It's not a community project tho. Canonical is a business, so compliance is not an option for them. Same with redhat.