Hey, > All that is needed is a way for the operating system to provide an > age (range) to an application / app store. Work for this is already > underway in GNOME / systemd for parental controls. [1] [2]
You seem to be shrugging off a legislation which should never exist (as it violates the rights of its citizens) as "Oh its easy to implement". This is one upside of the legislation, it forces applications to trust whatever age range is provided. In other words, Arch Linux could comply by implementing mandatory age bracket disclosure on the creation of a new user, and all applications must (by law) trust that, which for most people could just simply lie and the age will be respected. However, how long until the legislators realise that their law is weak, that its easy bypassed (just like the online safety act here in the UK) and then move to amend the bill to then force effective ID? How long until the legislation starts demanding proprietary blobs in order to effectively enforce it, as we all know open source is a major thorn in the side of government. This is the point I made in my initial email, its impossible to comply with such laws as they will inevitably become more and more evasive the more you try to work around the legislative issues. The more the legislation doesn't work, the more desperate legislators get to make it work. > Also note that the EU is working on age verification for > applications, and it seems other countries such as Brazil are too. [3] > So for this all seems to be inevitable and something distributions > will have to deal with. So thats it then? throw in the towel? Accept that its the end of what little liberty remains and comply? Right now the whole Cali thing is too small, but if the US federal government passed such law, or in your example, the EU, then it would be a much bigger issue. It won't stop here, it will just get worse and worse and worse. But honestly, there is nothing anyone can do anyways. Its the classic two wrapping papers used by every government for the past 50 years, its either wrapped as "protecting against terrorism" or "think of the kids", when in reality the true intent is to spy, censor, and control the population of a country. This is not about protecting kids, this is about control. As all governments do, start of small, something easy to comply with, and then build it up and up until it becomes the oppressive regime we all seem to oppose, and yet seem to support at the same time. So yeah I guess I get your point, freedom is a lost cause, we should just give up? Take care, -- Polarian Jabber/XMPP: [email protected]
