#ab1043 — Public Fediverse posts

#California Wants To Exclude #Linux and Other #OpenSource Systems From New #AgeChecks

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https://www.ghacks.net/2026/05/27/california-wants-to-exclude-linux-and-other-open-source-systems-from-new-age-checks//?utm_source=mas.to&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fmas.to%2F%40KNTRO&utm_id=&utm_creative=&utm_channel=mastodon_organic&utm_platform=desktop&utm_location=argentina&utm_language=es-ar&utm_variant=

#CaliforniaRepublic #GNU #GNULinux #GNU_Linux #CaliforniaDigitalAgeAssuranceAct #DigitalAgeAssuranceAct #DigitalAgeAssurance #OperatingSystems #AgeVerification #BSD #FreeBSD #AB1856 #AB1043 #BuffyWicks #GPL #MIT #Apache #ElectronicFrontierFoundation #EFF #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

#California Wants To Exclude #Linux and Other #OpenSource Systems From New #AgeChecks

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#CaliforniaRepublic #GNU #GNULinux #GNU_Linux #CaliforniaDigitalAgeAssuranceAct #DigitalAgeAssuranceAct #DigitalAgeAssurance #OperatingSystems #AgeVerification #BSD #FreeBSD #AB1856 #AB1043 #BuffyWicks #GPL #MIT #Apache #ElectronicFrontierFoundation #EFF #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

#California Wants To Exclude #Linux and Other #OpenSource Systems From New #AgeChecks

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#CaliforniaRepublic #GNU #GNULinux #GNU_Linux #CaliforniaDigitalAgeAssuranceAct #DigitalAgeAssuranceAct #DigitalAgeAssurance #OperatingSystems #AgeVerification #BSD #FreeBSD #AB1856 #AB1043 #BuffyWicks #GPL #MIT #Apache #ElectronicFrontierFoundation #EFF #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

#California Wants To Exclude #Linux and Other #OpenSource Systems From New #AgeChecks

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https://www.ghacks.net/2026/05/27/california-wants-to-exclude-linux-and-other-open-source-systems-from-new-age-checks//?utm_source=mas.to&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fmas.to%2F%40KNTRO&utm_id=&utm_creative=&utm_channel=mastodon_organic&utm_platform=desktop&utm_location=argentina&utm_language=es-ar&utm_variant=

#CaliforniaRepublic #GNU #GNULinux #GNU_Linux #CaliforniaDigitalAgeAssuranceAct #DigitalAgeAssuranceAct #DigitalAgeAssurance #OperatingSystems #AgeVerification #BSD #FreeBSD #AB1856 #AB1043 #BuffyWicks #GPL #MIT #Apache #ElectronicFrontierFoundation #EFF #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

tried to give the good congressperson from Berkeley #BuffyWicks some feedbak but the location verification software on her website (I kid you not) blocked the contact submission because I don't (thankfully) live in her district. If someone who lives there could politely explain linux to her, that might be useful... #AB1043 https://wicks.asmdc.org/

#AB1043’s Internet Age Gates Hurt Everyone

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/ab-1043s-internet-age-gates-hurt-everyone

#privacy #politics #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification

Hey @linuxfoundation here is a plan under #California law #AB1043:

Sell a standarized, audited compliance module (libagesignal) to corpos. Put an #opensource "Age Signal API" standard. Sell signed the binaries and certification.

I'll bet corpos will lobby the hell out the law.

#FOSS #OpenSourceSoftware #FreeOpenSource #Linux #Debian #Ubuntu #Fedora #LinuxMint #Arch

Hey @linuxfoundation here is a plan under #California law #AB1043:

Sell a standarized, audited compliance module (libagesignal) to corpos. Put an #opensource "Age Signal API" standard. Sell signed the binaries and certification.

I'll bet corpos will lobby the hell out the law.

#FOSS #OpenSourceSoftware #FreeOpenSource #Linux #Debian #Ubuntu #Fedora #LinuxMint #Arch

Hey @linuxfoundation here is a plan under #California law #AB1043:

Sell a standarized, audited compliance module (libagesignal) to corpos. Put an #opensource "Age Signal API" standard. Sell signed the binaries and certification.

I'll bet corpos will lobby the hell out the law.

#FOSS #OpenSourceSoftware #FreeOpenSource #Linux #Debian #Ubuntu #Fedora #LinuxMint #Arch

Hey @linuxfoundation here is a plan under #California law #AB1043:

Sell a standarized, audited compliance module (libagesignal) to corpos. Put an #opensource "Age Signal API" standard. Sell signed the binaries and certification.

I'll bet corpos will lobby the hell out the law.

#FOSS #OpenSourceSoftware #FreeOpenSource #Linux #Debian #Ubuntu #Fedora #LinuxMint #Arch

Hey @linuxfoundation here is a plan under #California law #AB1043:

Sell a standarized, audited compliance module (libagesignal) to corpos. Put an #opensource "Age Signal API" standard. Sell signed the binaries and certification.

I'll bet corpos will lobby the hell out the law.

#FOSS #OpenSourceSoftware #FreeOpenSource #Linux #Debian #Ubuntu #Fedora #LinuxMint #Arch

I see the #California #AB1043 law as a troyan horse for #OpenSource support.

All "OS providers" should have in their license that its use under California law should be prohibed...

...and offer a paid license to cover maintaining the API for #AgeCheck. Make Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Oracle pay for using #Linux.

I can fucking guarantee you they'll lobby the hell out of the law the moment they are forced to pay something out of their books.

#FOSS #Law #Bill

I see the #California #AB1043 law as a troyan horse for #OpenSource support.

All "OS providers" should have in their license that its use under California law should be prohibed...

...and offer a paid license to cover maintaining the API for #AgeCheck. Make Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Oracle pay for using #Linux.

I can fucking guarantee you they'll lobby the hell out of the law the moment they are forced to pay something out of their books.

#FOSS #Law #Bill

I see the #California #AB1043 law as a troyan horse for #OpenSource support.

All "OS providers" should have in their license that its use under California law should be prohibed...

...and offer a paid license to cover maintaining the API for #AgeCheck. Make Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Oracle pay for using #Linux.

I can fucking guarantee you they'll lobby the hell out of the law the moment they are forced to pay something out of their books.

#FOSS #Law #Bill

I see the #California #AB1043 law as a troyan horse for #OpenSource support.

All "OS providers" should have in their license that its use under California law should be prohibed...

...and offer a paid license to cover maintaining the API for #AgeCheck. Make Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Oracle pay for using #Linux.

I can fucking guarantee you they'll lobby the hell out of the law the moment they are forced to pay something out of their books.

#FOSS #Law #Bill

I see the #California #AB1043 law as a troyan horse for #OpenSource support.

All "OS providers" should have in their license that its use under California law should be prohibed...

...and offer a paid license to cover maintaining the API for #AgeCheck. Make Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Oracle pay for using #Linux.

I can fucking guarantee you they'll lobby the hell out of the law the moment they are forced to pay something out of their books.

#FOSS #Law #Bill

These unjust age verification laws will force more people into "piracy."

It reminds me of that Gabe Newell quote about "piracy":

"We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem," he said. "If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate's service is more valuable."

https://www.escapistmagazine.com/Valves-Gabe-Newell-Says-Piracy-Is-a-Service-Problem/

#Privacy #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux #AgeVerification #GabeNewell #Steam #Valve #AB1043 #California

Based as hell

#ab1043 is security theater at best and its architects do not give a *damn* about children's safety

https://agelesslinux.org/

This is genius. #AgelessLinux

https://agelesslinux.org/

Best FUCK YOU to the #California #AB1043 law.

#AI #CCPA #Private #Linux #OpenSource #OS #OperatingSystem #FOSS #OSS #OpenSourceSoftware #California #USLaw #Law #Legal #Privacy

This is genius. #AgelessLinux

https://agelesslinux.org/

Best FUCK YOU to the #California #AB1043 law.

#AI #CCPA #Private #Linux #OpenSource #OS #OperatingSystem #FOSS #OSS #OpenSourceSoftware #California #USLaw #Law #Legal #Privacy

This is genius. #AgelessLinux

https://agelesslinux.org/

Best FUCK YOU to the #California #AB1043 law.

#AI #CCPA #Private #Linux #OpenSource #OS #OperatingSystem #FOSS #OSS #OpenSourceSoftware #California #USLaw #Law #Legal #Privacy

This is genius. #AgelessLinux

https://agelesslinux.org/

Best FUCK YOU to the #California #AB1043 law.

#AI #CCPA #Private #Linux #OpenSource #OS #OperatingSystem #FOSS #OSS #OpenSourceSoftware #California #USLaw #Law #Legal #Privacy

This is genius. #AgelessLinux

https://agelesslinux.org/

Best FUCK YOU to the #California #AB1043 law.

#AI #CCPA #Private #Linux #OpenSource #OS #OperatingSystem #FOSS #OSS #OpenSourceSoftware #California #USLaw #Law #Legal #Privacy

#AB1043 ’s Internet Age Gates Hurt Everyone

EFF has long warned against age-gating the internet. Such mandates strike at the foundation of the free and open internet. They create unnecessary and #unconstitutional barriers for adults and young people to access information and express themselves online…And none of the available #ageVerification options are perfect in terms of protecting private information, providing access to everyone, and safely handling sensitive data.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/ab-1043s-internet-age-gates-hurt-everyone

"I pulled the actual bill text from 5 state age verification laws. They're copy-pasted from two templates. Meta is funding one to dodge ~$50B in COPPA fines — and the other one covers Linux."

#AgeVerification #AgeAttestation #ThinkOfTheChildren #Privacy #CA_AB1043 #AB1043 #SB3977 #IL_SB3977 #COPPA #FaceBook #Linux #OpenSource

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rmhxk1/i_pulled_the_actual_bill_text_from_5_state_age/

To make Linux compliant with CA AB 1043, do we just hook PAM up to Auth0 to serve age signals? Nothing screams Unix Philosophy like needing a live web token and internet access just to run basic local utilities lol. #Linux #FOSS #TechLaw #AB1043 #LawmakersWhoCantCode #PrivacyTheater

To make Linux compliant with CA AB 1043, do we just hook PAM up to Auth0 to serve age signals? Nothing screams Unix Philosophy like needing a live web token and internet access just to run basic local utilities lol. #Linux #FOSS #TechLaw #AB1043 #LawmakersWhoCantCode #PrivacyTheater

To make Linux compliant with CA AB 1043, do we just hook PAM up to Auth0 to serve age signals? Nothing screams Unix Philosophy like needing a live web token and internet access just to run basic local utilities lol. #Linux #FOSS #TechLaw #AB1043 #LawmakersWhoCantCode #PrivacyTheater

To make Linux compliant with CA AB 1043, do we just hook PAM up to Auth0 to serve age signals? Nothing screams Unix Philosophy like needing a live web token and internet access just to run basic local utilities lol. #Linux #FOSS #TechLaw #AB1043 #LawmakersWhoCantCode #PrivacyTheater

To make Linux compliant with CA AB 1043, do we just hook PAM up to Auth0 to serve age signals? Nothing screams Unix Philosophy like needing a live web token and internet access just to run basic local utilities lol. #Linux #FOSS #TechLaw #AB1043 #LawmakersWhoCantCode #PrivacyTheater

When #AB1043 goes into effect, I'm going to make requests to get the age-check information for all the big-tech servers. The vague definition of "application" could be interpreted as accessing a #Google or #Facebook
API, which means that I, as a developer, need to know the age of the account holder running the server.

This law is dumb on so many levels

La legge californiana AB 1043 obbligherà, dal 1° gennaio 2027, tutti i sistemi operativi a raccogliere la data di nascita durante la configurazione iniziale per rispettare le norme sulla tutela dei minori. Le comunità Linux discutono come adeguarsi. #AB1043 #PrivacyMinori #Linux

https://www.linuxeasy.org/legge-ab-1043-california-linux/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

It just modifies the OS identifiers of an existing #Debian installation, and installs a stub age verification API that returns no data – but hey, it's already a first signal that not everybody will just give in.

»We are in full, knowing, and intentional noncompliance with the age verification requirements of Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.501(a).«

FYI, not really a recommendation:

https://goblincorps.com/ageless-linux.html

#AgeVerification #AB1043

For following discussions around the pre-#dystopian #AgeVerification laws / bills:

Brazil: #Law15211
California: #AB1043
Colorado: #SB2651
Illinois: #SB3977
Michigan: #HB4429
New York: #S8102A
Utah: #SB0142

#digitalidentity #identityverification #1984 #Dystopia #gnuLinux #Linux #BSD #FreeBSD #MidnightBSD #FreeSoftware #GNU #OpenSource #System76 #Purism

Disclosure: My source for most of these unfortunately rhymes with BumPuke...

For following discussions around the pre-#dystopian #AgeVerification laws / bills:

Brazil: #Law15211
California: #AB1043
Colorado: #SB2651
Illinois: #SB3977
Michigan: #HB4429
New York: #S8102A
Utah: #SB0142

#digitalidentity #identityverification #1984 #Dystopia #gnuLinux #Linux #BSD #FreeBSD #MidnightBSD #FreeSoftware #GNU #OpenSource #System76 #Purism

Disclosure: My source for most of these unfortunately rhymes with BumPuke...

For following discussions around the pre-#dystopian #AgeVerification laws / bills:

Brazil: #Law15211
California: #AB1043
Colorado: #SB2651
Illinois: #SB3977
Michigan: #HB4429
New York: #S8102A
Utah: #SB0142

#digitalidentity #identityverification #1984 #Dystopia #gnuLinux #Linux #BSD #FreeBSD #MidnightBSD #FreeSoftware #GNU #OpenSource #System76 #Purism

Disclosure: My source for most of these unfortunately rhymes with BumPuke...

For following discussions around the pre-#dystopian #AgeVerification laws / bills:

Brazil: #Law15211
California: #AB1043
Colorado: #SB2651
Illinois: #SB3977
Michigan: #HB4429
New York: #S8102A
Utah: #SB0142

#digitalidentity #identityverification #1984 #Dystopia #gnuLinux #Linux #BSD #FreeBSD #MidnightBSD #FreeSoftware #GNU #OpenSource #System76 #Purism

Disclosure: My source for most of these unfortunately rhymes with BumPuke...

#AB1043 : Loi californienne sécuritaire, et ses conséquences sur le Logiciel Libre
https://linuxfr.org/news/ab1043-loi-californienne-securitaire-et-ses-consequences-sur-le-logiciel-libre

La loi California Assembly Bill 1043, ou « Digital Age Assurance Act », impose aux fournisseurs de systèmes d’exploitation et de magasins d’applications californiens la mise en place d'un système de vérification d’âge pour le 1ᵉʳ janvier 2027 (pour protéger les mineurs contre les contenus nuisibles en ligne).

Les amendes peuvent atteindre 7 500 $ par enfant affecté.

Des projets comme MidnightBSD ont réagi en excluant les résidents californiens de leur licence à partir de 2027 ; la communauté libriste dénonce des implications sur la vie privée.

@hq #AB1043

Okay, let's make an HTTP API that verifies users under the new #California #AB1043 law, so these fucktars know how useless their law is.

25 lines on your average Node.js.

Cross-platform.

#CCPA compliant.

#Private by design.

If you're a law maker, this costs $70,000 a month to run on AWS and it uses #AI.

#Linux #OpenSource #OS #OperatingSystem #FOSS #OSS #OpenSourceSoftware #California #USLaw #Law #Legal #Privacy

Okay, let's make an HTTP API that verifies users under the new #California #AB1043 law, so these fucktars know how useless their law is.

25 lines on your average Node.js.

Cross-platform.

#CCPA compliant.

#Private by design.

If you're a law maker, this costs $70,000 a month to run on AWS and it uses #AI.

#Linux #OpenSource #OS #OperatingSystem #FOSS #OSS #OpenSourceSoftware #California #USLaw #Law #Legal #Privacy

Okay, let's make an HTTP API that verifies users under the new #California #AB1043 law, so these fucktars know how useless their law is.

25 lines on your average Node.js.

Cross-platform.

#CCPA compliant.

#Private by design.

If you're a law maker, this costs $70,000 a month to run on AWS and it uses #AI.

#Linux #OpenSource #OS #OperatingSystem #FOSS #OSS #OpenSourceSoftware #California #USLaw #Law #Legal #Privacy