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Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by pessimizer on Monday May 25, 2026 @02:45PM (#48270211)
I must be stupid. Reword this so it makes sense to me. I can't even parse it.
Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by Bender on Monday May 25, 2026 @02:46PM (#48270235)
- Site adds a header if they may potentially have adult content.

- Browser detects header. Prompts for local password to access site.

- Child does not know password, picks a different site or begs parent for access.

- This is now between child and parent. No third parties, no tracking, no telling website the users age, no local or remote API's sharing data.

- At some point if all goes well the child will be an adult and will thank their parent for looking out for them when all their friends data was sold and abused.