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It’s just a simple DoB input, which can be local afaik
Go read the bill, particularly section 1798.501.b, 1798.502.a and b. Every developer of every application that can be downloaded from every package system MUST request your age bracket every time it is downloaded. And possibly every time it is launched. Basic utilities like ‘ls’ and ‘cat’, that pong example I pushed as a test, everything.
@BartyDeCanter I saw a video on this...Brian Lunduke's been informing us quite nicely. My question still stands...how on earth is this even going to be able to be implmented in the first place? There are too many utilities for it to work successfully. I question whether the folks in government proposing these rules even discuss the feasibility first.
A couple of options:
Even entering DoB is imo too much of a privacy breach. In my view, they should just take the highest age bracket described, apparently 18+, and then ask that on OS installation: "Are you over the age of 18?" If the user says yes, it installs, and every app is hardcoded to receive that 18+ bracket when checking demographic. If they say no, then it simply replies that users under 18 may not install it under the laws of California.
If it’s not stored, not a big problem, but yea that’s useless bullshit that’s just annoying and feels like a breach in our lives