A federal bill sitting in the Senate Commerce Committee -- introduced by two Democrats and two Republicans -- would require every operating system on every general-purpose computer to gate use behind an account and a declared age. Its text carries no exemption for open-source, nonprofit, or small developers. GrapheneOS, the account-less privacy OS BL:UF profiled after a traveler's duress-wipe feature got him federally charged, has already told the identical state-level requirement it would rather leave a market than build the account system this bill demands.
    • kiarash@lemmychan.org
      21·
      2 days ago

      “B-b-but, the overton window!” - average ignoramus who keeps voting for these parasites.

      • SmokeInFog@midwest.socialEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Do people actually cite the Overton window as a reason to not vote or discuss topics outside of it? I’ve only ever heard it brought up as a lament as a restrictive cultural encumbrance, never as a boon in bolstering the status quo

  • kylie_kraft@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 days ago

    Now would be a good time to remind everyone that OS-level age verification is being pushed in large part by social media giants like Meta to shift responsibility for children accessing their harmful products onto third parties.