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Comment by shevy-java | original | California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law
[−]shevy-java · 2026-08-30 Sun 09:51 UTC · link
Precisely. Courts will find that the situation where Linux users are exempt from the law, whereas Windows users have to submit their ID and any other personal data, can not be maintained, so Linux users will also be forced to give up their ID before being able to access the internet. This will also first come via commercial distributions (perhaps it can not be enforced by independent linux users, but the law need not necessarily work for 100%, could be 95%, and the rest are declared as breaking the law).
[−]lern_too_spel · 2026-08-30 Sun 10:03 UTC · link
This law does not require non Linux users to give up their ID to use the Internet, so why would they make Linux users do so?
[−]alexnewman · 2026-08-30 Sun 10:39 UTC · link
Totally agree. After the next big cyber attack, ganna have to kyc to access internet. It will be “for our safety”. Luckily now with ai the world doesn’t need me as a programmer so I’m just ganna stop using computers if they go full facist
[−]AnimalMuppet · 2026-08-30 Sun 12:35 UTC · link
Why do you think the next big cyberattack is going to have that effect, when the last N did not?