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An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 13 hours ago by cm0002 to c/linux@programming.dev

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Apparently this will include Linux...

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[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 3 points 11 hours ago

Agree with everything you say, I don’t like that it has to happen but having the device report whether you’re a child or adult makes more sense than having every service do it poorly themselves.