OS Level Age Verification: Is Your Child Using Linux?
On October 13th of yesteryear, a bill has passed vote in California which will require age verification on the OS (Operating System) level. This bill, to be more specific, will require the OS developer to provide an interface which requires the user to share their date of birth on account or system setup. This bill was read for the first time on Feb 20th 2025 so it’s been in the works for a while now. It was also sponsored, as stated in the bill analysis, by Children Now.
If you look more closely into the bill itself you will see that it passed the vote flawlessly, no nays to be heard. Why would that be the case you say? The reason for that is because the bill has been heavily advertised as being set for the sake of the children. Stating that the internet was not made with children in mind.
Which, of course, is a good point but is it really necessary to impose age restrictions on the OS of a computer in order for it to be used? Still, this bill only requires you to state your age not to prove it. But “for the sake of the children” is a bit of stretch.
A good share of us, internet users, have accessed unsavory websites filled to the brim with sleazy content before. They always have a button ready at hand before you see anything on the website asking “Are you 18+ years of age?” and then you click yes and lo and behold the flood gates have been opened to a world of debauchery and degeneracy. And in order to combat that, several countries have passed laws requiring the user to provide their gov issued identification in order to make sure they are an adult. Now that’s for the sake of the children. If you read my previous article and saw what I presented, you’ll know that it is, in some cases, a trap. Even if it was made in good intentions.
What I’m arguing for in this article is that this bill is paving the way for digital ID verification on the installation of an OS. Several OS developers have taken a stance against this for they don’t have a lack of foresight, such as Zorin OS, GrapheneOS and a new distro made to combat this bill and similar laws called Ageless Linux. Others are still observing and waiting to see how this law will be implemented.
But looking back at the bill analysis only raises more questions. Why would I be worried about a child installing an OS on their PC? Some children can if they are bright enough, but the whole thing doesn’t give a good vibe. This bill was written in a way to tug at the heart strings of lawmakers. Simply put, it masks itself with the slogan “The internet was not made with children in mind”.
I will go straight to the point and state this: This whole thing is just paving the way to dark times. We’re all aware about how our data is being passed around between companies and intelligence agencies. How every move and every step is being recorded either to push personalized ads or for government surveillance. The first being for profit and the latter to uphold the status quo. This bill wasn’t passed in California for no reason, it was passed there because that state has Silicon Valley. Where most tech companies reside thus making it mandatory for all of them to abide by it.
Once this bill is put into effect on Jan 1st 2027, we’ll all be doomed. You’ll open your iPhone to a message requiring you to verify your age and then a year or two from that and you’ll be asked to upload your ID. And from there, whatever you say, whatever you see and whatever you think will be somewhere on a database with who you are attached to it as an index.
This will remove our individuality and freedom and reduce us to a primordial soup on a data lake somewhere to be picked apart by paranoid hands.
On October 13th of yesteryear, a bill has passed vote in California which will require age verification on the OS (Operating System) level. This bill, to be more specific, will require the OS developer to provide an interface which requires the user to share their date of birth on account or system setup. This bill was read for the first time on Feb 20th 2025 so it’s been in the works for a while now. It was also sponsored, as stated in the bill analysis, by Children Now.
If you look more closely into the bill itself you will see that it passed the vote flawlessly, no nays to be heard. Why would that be the case you say? The reason for that is because the bill has been heavily advertised as being set for the sake of the children. Stating that the internet was not made with children in mind.
Which, of course, is a good point but is it really necessary to impose age restrictions on the OS of a computer in order for it to be used? Still, this bill only requires you to state your age not to prove it. But “for the sake of the children” is a bit of stretch.
A good share of us, internet users, have accessed unsavory websites filled to the brim with sleazy content before. They always have a button ready at hand before you see anything on the website asking “Are you 18+ years of age?” and then you click yes and lo and behold the flood gates have been opened to a world of debauchery and degeneracy. And in order to combat that, several countries have passed laws requiring the user to provide their gov issued identification in order to make sure they are an adult. Now that’s for the sake of the children. If you read my previous article and saw what I presented, you’ll know that it is, in some cases, a trap. Even if it was made in good intentions.
What I’m arguing for in this article is that this bill is paving the way for digital ID verification on the installation of an OS. Several OS developers have taken a stance against this for they don’t have a lack of foresight, such as Zorin OS, GrapheneOS and a new distro made to combat this bill and similar laws called Ageless Linux. Others are still observing and waiting to see how this law will be implemented.
But looking back at the bill analysis only raises more questions. Why would I be worried about a child installing an OS on their PC? Some children can if they are bright enough, but the whole thing doesn’t give a good vibe. This bill was written in a way to tug at the heart strings of lawmakers. Simply put, it masks itself with the slogan “The internet was not made with children in mind”.
I will go straight to the point and state this: This whole thing is just paving the way to dark times. We’re all aware about how our data is being passed around between companies and intelligence agencies. How every move and every step is being recorded either to push personalized ads or for government surveillance. The first being for profit and the latter to uphold the status quo. This bill wasn’t passed in California for no reason, it was passed there because that state has Silicon Valley. Where most tech companies reside thus making it mandatory for all of them to abide by it.
Once this bill is put into effect on Jan 1st 2027, we’ll all be doomed. You’ll open your iPhone to a message requiring you to verify your age and then a year or two from that and you’ll be asked to upload your ID. And from there, whatever you say, whatever you see and whatever you think will be somewhere on a database with who you are attached to it as an index.
This will remove our individuality and freedom and reduce us to a primordial soup on a data lake somewhere to be picked apart by paranoid hands.
On October 13th of yesteryear, a bill has passed vote in California which will require age verification on the OS (Operating System) level. This bill, to be more specific, will require the OS developer to provide an interface which requires the user to share their date of birth on account or system setup. This bill was read for the first time on Feb 20th 2025 so it’s been in the works for a while now. It was also sponsored, as stated in the bill analysis, by Children Now.
If you look more closely into the bill itself you will see that it passed the vote flawlessly, no nays to be heard. Why would that be the case you say? The reason for that is because the bill has been heavily advertised as being set for the sake of the children. Stating that the internet was not made with children in mind.
Which, of course, is a good point but is it really necessary to impose age restrictions on the OS of a computer in order for it to be used? Still, this bill only requires you to state your age not to prove it. But “for the sake of the children” is a bit of stretch.
A good share of us, internet users, have accessed unsavory websites filled to the brim with sleazy content before. They always have a button ready at hand before you see anything on the website asking “Are you 18+ years of age?” and then you click yes and lo and behold the flood gates have been opened to a world of debauchery and degeneracy. And in order to combat that, several countries have passed laws requiring the user to provide their gov issued identification in order to make sure they are an adult. Now that’s for the sake of the children. If you read my previous article and saw what I presented, you’ll know that it is, in some cases, a trap. Even if it was made in good intentions.
What I’m arguing for in this article is that this bill is paving the way for digital ID verification on the installation of an OS. Several OS developers have taken a stance against this for they don’t have a lack of foresight, such as Zorin OS, GrapheneOS and a new distro made to combat this bill and similar laws called Ageless Linux. Others are still observing and waiting to see how this law will be implemented.
But looking back at the bill analysis only raises more questions. Why would I be worried about a child installing an OS on their PC? Some children can if they are bright enough, but the whole thing doesn’t give a good vibe. This bill was written in a way to tug at the heart strings of lawmakers. Simply put, it masks itself with the slogan “The internet was not made with children in mind”.
I will go straight to the point and state this: This whole thing is just paving the way to dark times. We’re all aware about how our data is being passed around between companies and intelligence agencies. How every move and every step is being recorded either to push personalized ads or for government surveillance. The first being for profit and the latter to uphold the status quo. This bill wasn’t passed in California for no reason, it was passed there because that state has Silicon Valley. Where most tech companies reside thus making it mandatory for all of them to abide by it.
Once this bill is put into effect on Jan 1st 2027, we’ll all be doomed. You’ll open your iPhone to a message requiring you to verify your age and then a year or two from that and you’ll be asked to upload your ID. And from there, whatever you say, whatever you see and whatever you think will be somewhere on a database with who you are attached to it as an index.
This will remove our individuality and freedom and reduce us to a primordial soup on a data lake somewhere to be picked apart by paranoid hands.
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OS Level Age Verification: Is Your Child Using Linux?
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