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A comment on California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash. Parent comment

Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by akdev1l on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @08:50AM (#48279103)
You can brute force the real age this way.

Do binary search and you don’t even need that many calls.

1. Is person older than 50? 2. Older than 25? 3. Older than 18? 4. Older than 9? 5. Younger than 14? 6. Older than 16?

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Re:California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verificatio... by Joker_vD on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @09:03AM (#48279250)
Yeah, that's why the EU-designed API doesn't work that way.
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