California’s AB 1043 Forces a Surveillance Mandate on Every Developer — Including the Ones Who Can’t Comply

California’s AB 1043 Forces a Surveillance Mandate on Every Developer — Including the Ones Who Can’t Comply

California’s new age verification law, AB 1043, doesn’t just target Big Tech. It conscripts every software developer — including solo open-source contributors writing code in their spare time — into a surveillance apparatus that many of them lack the technical and financial capacity to build. The law, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, requires application developers to request an age signal from an “operating system provider or a covered applicat…

Ubuntu, Fedora, Linux Mint Eye Age Verification Amid California Law Backlash

California's upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act law requires OSes to let users input their birth date during the setup to follow child privacy rules. The post Ubuntu, Fedora, Linux Mint Eye Age Verification Amid California Law Backlash appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not reproduce this article without permission. This RSS feed is intended for readers, not scrapers.

Ubuntu and Fedora devs comment on California's new Digital Age Assurance Act

With California's new age checking law coming into action in January 2027, there's a lot of discussion on how Linux distributions will be handling it.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Ubuntu Still Figuring Out A Plan For Dealing With California's Digital Age Assurance Act

The talk this week among open-source projects from Linux distributions to app stores like Flathub is how to deal with California's latest insanity: the Digital Age Assurance Act. California's AB 1043 state law is mandating that operating systems -- Linux included -- collect age information during account setup and exposing that age to eligible apps beginning on 1 January 2027. That leaves much uncertainty for Linux distributions and other reposi…

California’s Age-Verification Law Is a Civil Liberties Test

California is embedding age verification directly into digital devices. For those of us concerned with personal liberties, this is an emergency. We are creating online infrastructure that could reshape how internet access is controlled nationwide.  Starting January 1, 2027, new iPhones, Android devices, and tablets sold in California will have to classify users by age range during initial setup. The system will automatically share this ‘age sign…