Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.tcpreset.net!newsgate.tebibyte.org!.POSTED.251.red-79-150-114.dynamicip.rima-tde.net!Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux to be illegal in California? Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 11:24:05 +0200 Organization: Tebibyte_Retro_Gaming Message-ID: References: <10u03i7$4nle$1@dont-email.me> <10u2bjn$7tk9$1@dont-email.me> <45KdnWWtm_Rhd5r3nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com> <8ggldmx07m.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10u98rh$qnkq$3@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mailgate.tebibyte.org; posting-host="251.red-79-150-114.dynamicip.rima-tde.net:79.150.114.251"; logging-data="13884"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@tebibyte.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10u98rh$qnkq$3@dont-email.me> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:86756 On 2026-05-16 10:11, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Sat, 16 May 2026 08:47:04 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > >> If Rich description comes to be, then if you try to use a non >> complying with the law distribution, you may be refused service by >> web sites. > > How would they tell? Easy. The site ask the browser to ask the system for the age of the user, or "is the user older than 18?". The browser replies with an error, system does not answer or errors out. Site pops a message about system not compliant and aborts login procedure. > > There is a right way to do this -- provide reliable assurances of age > while preserving user privacy: using something called “zero-knowledge > proofs”. The powers that be and their expert advisors know about this, > but the technique is still considered “experimental”. Yes, but in California (and maybe more states) the OS must answer with the age. Thus Linux distributions have to solve this. Does not matter if it is not the proper way. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;