hi,
Am 02.03.26 um 19:44 schrieb Simo Sorce:
On Mon, 2026-03-02 at 10:23 +0100, Tomasz Torcz wrote:
On Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 10:10:24AM +0100, Vitaly Zaitsev via devel wrote:
On 01/03/2026 21:00, Aaron Rainbolt wrote:
Recently, a new law was passed in California that requires OS vendors
to provide some limited info about a user's age via an API that
application distribution websites and application stores can use.
To make it short: read the last two lines down at the bottom, it's out
of your hands guys.
the horse is already dead, before it even started to run:
- geolocation is not an exact measurement.
- any kid can change the age in a database, because this is open source.
Even if a particular kid can't , it will just ask friends or the internet.
- anyone heared that humans lie?
- btw.. there are VPNs .. ups.
and finally, you can install your pc in location A and use it location
B.. ups
conclusion: it's impossible for a os to verify the age of a subject
without a nation wide authentication system. Guess what kids do not
have! an id card.
Dear Lawmakers: Reality kicks in hard here.
A better approach comes from the EU:
a) only services and apps that need a verification ask for it.
b) services that need a age verification >= 16y can expect the user to
have an offical id.
c) the EU wants a system, where you do not give your full id with all
data to the site/app thats need it,
the state infrastructure just confirms the anonym ID is over age,
whatever age the service asks for
That way, free "adult" services can confirm the minimum age, but the
users can stay as anonym as they can.
The Surprise it: it will work logically in reallife, if the state
infrastructure is finally rdy.
*BTW: Fedora is not a legal entity:*
Fedora Project
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_Project#cite_note-3> to coordinate
the development of Fedora Linux
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_Linux>, a Linux
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux>-based operating system
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system>, operating with the
mission of creating "/an innovative platform for hardware, clouds, and
containers that enables software developers and community members to
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Governance
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Simple as it is: RED HAT is liable and therefor need to decide what to
do next.
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