Re: California law CA AB1043

+1

Lorenzo Salvadore

On Thursday, February 26th, 2026 at 20:40, vermaden <[email protected]> wrote:

> +1
> 
> Ignore this bullshit.
> 
> 
> 
> Temat: Re: California law CA AB1043
> Data: 2026-02-26 19:49
> Nadawca: "Tomek CEDRO" &lt;[email protected]>
> Adresat: "Lucas Holt" &lt;[email protected]>;
> DW: [email protected];
> 
> >
> >> On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 4:12 PM Lucas Holt
>  wrote:
> >>
> >> California is requiring age verification checks for account creation
> at
> >> the OS level with a signal API to provide information to
> applications in
> >> 2027.  They explicitly call out individual developers or companies
> with
> >> fines of 2500 dollars per child affected.
> >>
> >> I wondered if anyone has started looking into this on the FreeBSD
> side.
> >> The way I read this, we would need to implement changes when
> creating
> >> accounts, provide a mechanism to check from apps (library), and
> provide
> >> support within package managers to filter apps?  Then browsers would
> >> need to implement this and call the respective OS APIs for age
> >> verification for desktop use.
> >>
> >> It seems like it makes sense for multiple *NIX systems to implement
> a
> >> similar mechanism across platforms.
> >>
> >> The paragraph near the bottom seems to indicate that it wouldn't
> apply
> >> to server use since indirect signals aren't required to be honored.
> >>
> >> For reference:
> >>
> >> https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1043/id/3269704
> >
> > How about refusing to bend to bureaucratic tyranny and respond with
> > ban from the Open-Source side in such cases right from start? Give
> > them finger and they will take the whole hand next.. unless it's the
> > middle finger and blessing to build their communist utopia on their
> > own. They can steal what is free but they cannot force us to work for
> > them for free. Whole Open-Source community should stand united and
> > strong against this nonsense.
> >
> > They for sure know reaction of the free crowd, and they have already
> > planned some sort of business behind this. We are their asset, and our
> > consent. Do not consent.
> >
> > Let thinking people leave and see what happens next. Socialism turns
> > communism when there is no more other people money and there is no
> > food left. We had that in Eastern Europe, but some people need to feel
> > on their own four letters.
> >
> > Who is John Galt?
> >
> > --
> > CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
> >
> >
> >
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