[Chicago-talk] Illinois considering passing a law to require age verification with smartphones, and Linux

[Shlomi Fish]

Hi all,

On Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:39:00 -0500
Mike Fragassi <mikefrag at gmail.com> wrote:

> The bills as created in California require age verification to install
> Linux, and the Illinois laws would be similar.
> Some additional links:
> 
> https://lwn.net/Articles/1062112/
> 
> https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup/
>

note: I am a citizen and resident of Israel, not of the USA.

Anyway, I think the whole "child safety" / anti-pedophilia issue has been blown
out of proportion:

https://www.shlomifish.org/meta/FAQ/featuring_sexy_women_and_girls.xhtml

my 2 cents, YMMV


> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 10:23 AM James E Keenan <jkeenan at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 3/26/26 11:17, Mike Fragassi wrote:
> >
> > The Subject line of this email ends with "and Linux" ... but I didn't
> > see anything in the body about Linux.  Can you clarify?  Thanks.
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