They’re basically minimum-viable products that by design can be used to violate the law in California when the Act goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2027.

Brilliant! 💪

Can someone eli5 the idea? I don't get it, even after reading the page. But now I want one.

Brilliant. I'd like to see how the very uninformed legislators deal with this. They will have to publically re-argue first principles

California is adding a requirement for age verification for operating systems (or something like that) so each one of these violates that law by booting into linux.

Except it's not age verification and as see n by the systemd fork over this, the people hyperventilating over adding an API are making less secure systems

It's not 'hyperventilation' it's obvious fascism

They're breaking evil age verification laws on purpose as civil disobedience with cheap hardware

OK, the disobedience was the part I didn't get. Thank you!

This was the part I got. But I wondered how that would help?

Insofar as part availability isn't insurmountably impacted this also constitutes functional resistance to all manor of censorship and surveillance. If you can code, test on one of these

I can, but I probably won't, because my backlog is full and overflowing. But it is cheap... damn.

Not just California. Several other US states are considering (or will be rolling out) similar laws, and Brazil's version has already rolled out this month.

By the way, the current age verification madness is a coordinated lobbying campaign by Meta

ooh! ooh! Can we restart the systemd wars??

Did the init war ever end? (I use shepherd btw)

Amazing. Where are the build instructions

It's protestware, which is great.

I agree, but now I am torn because I'm protesting the US as a whole right now.

Coming in Q3

Wait are they planing to fine non-age verification compliant devices?

To avoid any responsibility for them not moderating.

Well yeah. And since no one is ever going to provide their real age, they will probably set jail time and photo ID upload requirements.

AB 1043 passed the California Assembly 76–0 and the Senate 38–0. Not a single legislator voted against it.

1798.503. (a) A person that violates this title shall be subject to an injunction and liable for a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per affected child for each negligent violation or not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per affected child for each intentional violation

This device does not collect, store, or transmit the age of its user.
This is intentional.

Is there any reason to believe they won't want to make an example out of intentional violators?

I mean if we're making shit up, why not say they'll execute you for non-compliance?

JFC it's "facism" to return an age bracket?

Hey everyone, found the fed simp. Hilarious name “rioting pacifist” telling us everything is gonna be fine, just like history has always proven. lol.

You should be “strawman fed” for your next username.

One more reason for me to fucking hate Zuckerberg.

Add it to the pile at this point...

Honestly the level of delusion around this is Alex Jones Turning the Frogs gay, there is a shred of truth but that's about it and you're our here popping vines over a PR that does very little.

Except you’re on the “Alex jones” side here. You just can’t see because you’re a fed simp.

I don't know, maybe not looking stupid

Lmao, you realize it's a state law right?

StAtE gOvErNmEnT sImP

Just a magat by a different name.

California is a blue state

hey, EIGHT DAY OLD TROLL, just since you haven't got the education level to read legalese, don't take it out on other posters here

that sounds like maga simp talk

So many magats wow

The OS level age verification is being pushed by Meta to avoid having to take responsibility for moderation.

Where have you been?

that's just a distraction maga

Yes, you’re a maga distraction lol glad we agree

👉👈 so are we supposed to kiss now or

Have the day you voted for, trumpet

you are reading the totally wrong thing into this, i'm just making fun of you dude.

not everyone who disagrees with you on every point is maga. try remembering the art of conversation

Stop.

nooooooooo it's fun

edit: can someone get this gif to say MECHA KAMALA for me that would be so funny

Sounds like a Trump voter. 🤷‍♂️

Just so I got this straight I'm a Fed simping magat, because I think you're being hysterical about a Californian law that doesn't require verification and returns a locally stored unverified age?

I'm honestly kind of neutral on the law but the hysteria around it as a slippery nipple to completely different laws is ridiculous.

In whose eyes? They have lobbyists backing them, and a general public who doesn't know any better, or care to know.

Exposing the stupidity is a great goal, running headfirst into the "Who will think of the children!1!!" wall... not so much.

No I think you are based on your comment history and your support for privacy violations.