I’m asking because I just had to verify my age thanks to YouTube requiring me to watch a video that was age restricted.

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    3 months ago

    The law is being written so ALL operating systems will be covered. Are you suggesting I write my own os?

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      3 months ago

      Are you suggesting that all countries on earth will adopt this law, or that all developers in all countries will comply with the law of one country?

      Will all previous versions of all OSs be deleted? Will all OSs become closed source so you can’t just remove the age verification part?

      Will you be the only person on earth who is willing to break an unethical law to have basic privacy?

      If yes to all the above, then you may need to start learning how to program.

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      3 months ago

      Afaik there is already an exception being made now to exclude Open Source operating systems from this requirement, so seems like anything Linux-based would be fine for now

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        For Now there’s an exception in some states in the US. The one that is going through the federal government in the US does not have that exception for what I understand… they are also trying to make a federal law in the United States that says when you activate a new cell phone, you will have to do age verification on it. it will start as just a simple showing government issued ID. But every law gets bigger. So then they’ll just add in some sort of face scan on it.