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cm0002@libretechni.ca to Linux@programming.devEnglish · hace 5 días

Linux in California is in deep trouble.

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Linux in California is in deep trouble.

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cm0002@libretechni.ca to Linux@programming.devEnglish · hace 5 días
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This new "privacy" law will require that all operating system providers must start collecting your birth date every app you install will need to ask your OS provider for that information. It's whac...
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    what a sensationalist title. Linux is not in deep trouble. California is one state from one country. they can’t force anyone outside their borders to do anything

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      even inside it’s borders, you physically cannot ban Linux. what that actually means (and the nefarious bit) is that companies must use Microsoft or Apple for their OS, and won’t be allowed to choose linux for free. because you can’t control people’s computer use, but you can companies. it’s just a handout for silicon valley.

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      Colorado and New York will have this same law soon. Brazil already does.

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        They don’t?

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          https://insightplus.bakermckenzie.com/bm/data-technology/brazil-digital-eca-brazils-child-and-adolescent-statute-a-new-framework-for-online-protection-of-children-and-adolescents_2

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      They can if those entities are doing business in California.

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