https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/federal-bill-bring-age-verification-171923501.htmlYour laptop might soon demand proof of age before letting you browse freely. H.R. 8250, a federal bill winding through Congress, requires every operating system provider in America to verify user ages and expose that data through APIs. This isn’t limited to social media apps—we’re talking about the core software running your PC, smartphone, and smart home devices.The bill mirrors California’s A.B. 1043, which passed unanimously and takes effect January 2027. Similar legislation is advancing in Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, New York, Texas, and Utah. The pattern is clear: age-gating is coming to your desktop whether you like it or not.Apps default to most restrictive settings when operating systems can’t provide age signals.Here’s where things get dystopian. Under these laws, apps and websites query your OS for age bracket information. No signal? You get treated like a child regardless of your actual age. System76, a Linux manufacturer, warns that “Linux distributions that do not provide an age bracket signal will result in a nerfed internet.”You are trying to access news sites, streaming services, or productivity tools only to hit content restrictions designed for elementary schoolers. Open-source operating systems—beloved by developers and privacy advocates—face impossible compliance burdens. Small Linux distributions can’t afford the infrastructure for age verification, potentially facing fines up to $7,500 per violation.
Critics argue the legislation enables government monitoring while failing to protect minors.The Electronic Frontier Foundation argues these mandates strike at “the foundation of the free and open internet.” They’re not wrong. Creating government-mandated user tracking systems affects everyone, not just kids. Your age verification data becomes another point for potential surveillance abuse.The cruel irony? This probably won’t protect children. Savvy teens already use virtual machines and fake birthdates to bypass restrictions. Meanwhile, legitimate users face privacy invasion and restricted access to information.Device fragmentation and compliance costs could reshape how Americans interact with technology.If H.R. 8250 passes, expect your device costs to rise as manufacturers build compliance infrastructure. Operating systems might fragment between “verified” and “unverified” versions. The free, open internet that made modern computing possible gets replaced by walled gardens and government oversight.This represents a fundamental shift from personal computing freedom to state-supervised digital experiences. Your choice: accept surveillance as the price of internet access, or watch your devices become increasingly hobbled by regulations disguised as child protection.
>>1506771This shit kills my soul more than anything else in the world. They’re killing the internet right before my eyes and there’s nothing I can fucking do about. They’re taking everything from us.
>>1506774It was inevitable from the mid 90s onward when they started with the banner ads that track you. The time to stop it was back then.
>>1506776I was fucking 4, give me a break.
>>1506777as pedos like Trump say: young enough to breed, young enough to read (terms and conditions)you already agreed, you're culpable
>>1506778A dem made this bill.
>>1506780It has wide bipartisan support. Plus, >Similar legislation is advancing in Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, New York, Texas, and Utah. Not all blue states.
>>1506774It's making me realize that "Agenda 2030" is more than some schizo conspiracy theory and I'm really worried what's to come
>>1506782>>>/x/
>>1506781I bet my posting privileges for the rest of the night that whoever made the bill in Texas was a faggot democrat from Austin. Pull this shit up right now, a similar age verification for operating systems in Texas, and we'll find out.
>>1506786........ Motherfucker. It was republicans.
>>1506786Bill was done almost entirely by republicans, who control everything in that state, just like the anime ban.So where's the backpedaling?
>>1506791i'm sure he's trying to find a way to frame it on hunter's penis somehow
>>1506791No back peddling. Shits based.
>>1506771Hold up…what do I use the internet for now anyway….4chan…porn…a few shopping sites…is the internet already dead to me? At this point what am I losing?
>>1506780>>1506786You voted for this
>>1506897I mean, do you think kids are allowed to access porn or 4chan? They might let you shop. Might restrict a what you can buy, either way you're losing basically the entire internet. There's also compliance fines that will choke out smaller companies, so you're losing out on a lot of programmers being able to work. All of the tech and apps they would have put out won't exist. Windows is going down the toilet, and this will strangle out other OS from being developed.Like, you must be right wing, you don't seem to understand consequences or causal relations, and you're kind of a bastard for downplaying this.
>>1506786Yes because Republicans would NEVER infringe on someone's privacy. Patriot act? Never heard of her.
>>1506922trump the republicans tried to slam through an extension of FISA, the spying program under cover of darkness, but there was a big enough revolt that it got blocked.
>>1506771How the fuck would you even enforce this? Ex: Mom & Dad buy shared family PC or smart TV...how does the device know when an adult or child is using it? And what is the "age bracket signal"? If it's just going to ask for your birthdate at setup then it's a nothingburger.
>>1506974Probably through an account on the computer that is tied to the verification method you used. Microsoft now makes you sign in to a microsoft account if you want to use a laptop running Windows, i imagine other tech companies will now start to do the same. Biometric data could be used to differentiate users as well, which im sure they will offer as an option.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-brussels-launched-age-checking-app-hackers-say-took-them-2-minutes-break-it/
>>1507184Well you gotta understand, they want that data right now. There’s money to made and control to be had!
>>1506782>Agenda 2030QRD?
>>1507186The "Great Reset", a theory that the elites plan to gain total and permanent control over the human race around 2030 by controlling the flow of information, money, and population.All these digital IDs are meant to give them surveillance over people, make sure no one steps out of line. I mean look at how many people online are seeing how genocidal Israel is, now with digital IDs they can keep track of exactly who's talking bad about them.Have you heard how much they're trying to push cloud computing because of how expensive computer hardware is now? That'd help remove your privacy and let them see exactly what people are up to.There's been bits and pieces that they want to remove the ability for your average person to own things. Not just through online subscriptions, but soaring rent costs, gas costs, congestion taxes. Housing and the roadways are for them only, you get to share an apartment and take a subway/bus. "You'll own nothing and be happy".Now there's a lot of other weird stuff that people have rumors on, such as the desire for the elites to depopulate the planet, or to move you towards eating the bugs. I think that's a little farfetched, there hasn't been any sign of them trying to do that.I'm a recovering schizo, I try not to get too carried away anymore, but the more time goes on, the more it seems like there really is something sinister at work. The fact is they definitely have the capacity to do this, but don't seem the most competent (covid was kind of a mess). I guess time will tell if they can pull off this scheme or not.
>>1507189...Also I get all that sounds insane but that's the theory for you...It does sound kinda grim but I do feel like it will all work out in the end
>>1506774Literally this. I wake up in a cold sweat about this shit, wondering if there's anything I can do to save myself at this point. I'm thinking of just immersing deep in the proton suites and paying for expensive VPNs with Monero, ultimately it won't matter. At some point I'll be forced to take the mark, and I'll have to comply if I want to work.
>>1507186Ultimate "You will own nothing and you will be happy" endgame. Establishing a social credit score and an on-device attestation to identify you online as easily as if you were walking into a store in public is a necessity toward that. If you piss off the powers that be, they push a button and that's the end of your ability to buy things. They're already testing the waters for this with facial recognition in public and payment processors banning shit nobody cares about like video games.When they start combining these technologies, you're in for a world worse than North Korea. Picture saying that you think Israel is a terror state online and suddenly, none of your credit cards or bank accounts work. This is the end goal, and these steps like age verification are the tiniest parts of it, install the age verification software so it can report your behavior to the powers that be, and they determine if you get to eat this month.
>>1507190>>1506783Trump literally had Agenda 2030 on his campaign list and multiple of its architects are in his cabinet.
>>1507190>It does sound kinda grim but I do feel like it will all work out in the endFor them, all my life the world has just gotten worse and worse with no hope or end in sight. There is no positive to reality anymore, and an economic crash, brought upon by a decreased consumer outlook, would make it evne easier for them to implement it. I don't see a light at the end of this tunnel. The UK alone has become the model country for the start, and it just g ets worse and worse for htem, it'll happen here too and no one will say anything.
>>1507194No, they don't have as much control as they like to think they do. The fact that people aren't so brainwashed about the "poor wittle 6 million jews" and are against Israel proves that something went wrong. Covid feels like they had zero idea what they were doing. It was absolutely meant to lead to something but it just petered out.Can you honestly tell me that what senile Trump's doing is "all according to plan"? When no one's ever told you "no" your whole life, you come to just expect everything to always go your way.It won't end this way. Just stand strong, no matter how difficult it seems.
>>1507194>it'll happen here too and no one will say anything.Guns.
>>1507199hey remind me what happened when half the epstein files were released and we got actual proof that these cunts were eating childrens organs?
>>1506771>Your laptop might soon demand proof of age before letting you browse freely.Straight up surveillance and data harvesting that could easily be avoided by requiring operating systems to require simple parental controls.
>>1506774>They’re killing the internetGood. Go outside. Lift some weights. Go for a hike. You will feel much better.The internet is shit. Be glad it is getting shitted beyond usability. It had a good run, but lets move on.
>>1507430So basically you aren't smart enough to do two things at the same time, you can't stream and lift without hurting yourself?
>>1506774Pirate fucking everything
