Aaron Rainbolt <[email protected]> writes: > Recently, a new law was passed in California that requires OS vendors > to provide some limited info about a user's age via an API that > application distribution websites and application stores can use. [1] > Colorado seems to be working on a similar law. [2] The law will go into > effect January 1, 2027, it is no longer a draft. I do quite a bit of > work with an OS vendor (working with the Kicksecure [3] and Whonix [4] > projects), and we aren't particularly interested in blocking everyone > in California and Colorado from using our OSes, so we're currently > looking into how to implement an API that will comply with the laws > while also not being a privacy disaster.
I wonder how would Debian (or any other free OS) even "block" people in California or Colorado from using it? I suppose the official download mirrors operated by Debian itself might attempt some geoblocking, but does anyone seriously believe that would prevent people from getting a copy and running their favourite OS, practically anywhere in the world?
