Re: Linux to be illegal in California?

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Linux to be illegal in California?
Date	2026-05-18 22:49 +0200
Organization	Tebibyte_Retro_Gaming
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On 2026-05-18 22:35, Robert Riches wrote:
> On 2026-05-17, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 May 2026 15:11:25 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote:
>>
>>> But, where *they* could go (note, no idea if the politicians will ever
>>> reach this point) is requiring some "government authenticator" be used
>>> for accessing networked services (i.e., for accessing the internet) [1].
>>>   You would need to use a govt. issued ID (drivers license for US
>>> residents, national ID card for much of the rest of the world) to
>>> authenticate your age with the "Age-ta" govt. system, and all internet
>>> services (i.e., all websites) which "might" in some way happen to
>>> sometimes offer up "age inappropriate" content [2] to also use the govt
>>> "Age-ta" system to authenticate that you are indeed "old-enough" to be
>>> served content.
>>
>> The camel's nose is in the tent with the Social Security Administration.
>> There are two schemes for verification; pick one. I believe both require a
>> DL or equivalent and a facial photo. Fortunately I don't have to log into
>> their site.
> 
> For those in the US, the IRS is even worse.  They have only one
> option for authentication, ID.Me.  That option requires either a
> selfie or a video chat.  My main desktop machine doesn't do
> selfies, and it doesn't do video chat because it's behind double
> IPv4 NAT, which Zoom chokes on.  My 4G flip phone doesn't really
> do selfies, and its browser is way too limited to do video chat.
> 
> So, instead of getting a direct deposit from the IRS in April,
> I'm expecting my refund by paper check in the second half of
> June--unless the IRS finds yet another way to delay it.  The
> direct deposit information was perfectly readable on my paper tax
> return document.  The IRS's OCR just couldn't read it, probably
> because a few of the digits touched the bounding box.

In Spain, we no longer fill the taxes in paper, but when we did, years 
back, there was a page with several large graphical bit codes that 
scanners could read easily. That was the only part that mattered, they 
did not OCR the document at all.

The documents were generated by Acrobat Reader, so not really an open 
format, which is one reason they disappeared and now we fill them only 
online.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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                Re: Linux to be illegal in California? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-21 13:40 +0100
                Re: Linux to be illegal in California? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-21 17:22 +0000
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                [OT] Re: Linux to be illegal in California? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-20 08:57 +0100
                Re: Linux to be illegal in California? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-20 08:54 +0100
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                Re: Linux to be illegal in California? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-20 13:09 +0200
                Re: Linux to be illegal in California? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam2616@zugschl.us> - 2026-05-20 14:54 +0200
                Re: Linux to be illegal in California? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2026-05-21 02:53 +0000
                Re: Linux to be illegal in California? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-21 08:46 +0200
                Re: Linux to be illegal in California? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-21 08:56 +0100
                Re: Linux to be illegal in California? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-21 10:26 +0200
                Re: Linux to be illegal in California? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2026-05-21 13:48 +0000
                Re: Linux to be illegal in California? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam2616@zugschl.us> - 2026-05-21 11:12 +0200
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