Ubuntu, Fedora, Linux Mint Eye Age Verification Amid California Law Backlash

[hunter]

1. How does this even work?

Are they going to arrest people who download or build operating systems that either don't have or spoof this "feature?"



Maybe they can remove children from the homes of parents and guardians who allow their children to use electronic devices registered to adults. It's not implausible. Similar things were done to the First Peoples of America and Australia, and are still happening worldwide.

Sigh. We're already living in a world where most people don't actually own the electronic devices they've paid for.

However this is implemented it won't be to "protect the children." It will be a way for corporations to defend their own unethical behavior by claiming they are following the letter of the law.