Not such a bad idea
Not such a bad idea
Posted Mar 12, 2026 19:21 UTC (Thu) by farnz (subscriber, #17727)In reply to: Not such a bad idea by dskoll
Parent article: California's Digital Age Assurance Act and Linux distributions
The hard part is selling the "optional to comply" bit to legislators - the whole reason this mess is happening is that they want to protect children from unsuitable content, while still permitting adults freedom to access that same content.
The best I can see you getting is some variation on the theme of "the default restrictions match the age of the buyer, if known" - that way, if an adult buys a device, the device doesn't enforce, but if a child buys a device, it must enforce child restrictions on them.