Age Verification laws

Hello,
I'm the MidnightBSD project lead.  I've been trying to make sense of the 
age verification law passed in California and up for discussion this 
week in Colorado.

My interpretation of this law is that it needs to be implemented at the 
adduser flow, not just for X11/Wayland use.  There were likely need to 
be standard hooks somewhere for GUI apps to get it consistently across 
operating system implementations but likely some of us will be rushed to 
implement something to comply.

Here's the current plan I've developed. It's still a draft and has a few 
issues, particularly with the group membership

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_NKq0bpN1pOrMpHePuilJY7saXqXqhss6LwPTC6nSto/edit?usp=sharing

I am interpreting app store to also include package repositories and 
thus package manager integration is also needed.

I think the california law would not require actually storing the age or 
date of birth, just the ranges.  However, I've been told that some other 
states have laws that would require DOB so this plan includes that, 
although I've not had time to confirm it yet. I've only looked at CA and 
CO laws.

Apologies for the new thread, I just subscribed after someone pointed 
this was being discussed.

Lucas Holt
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