I am not sure what’s required of a bare bones Linux install (general computing device) that has access to a package manager (application store)!
Yeah perhaps. Or that “account” doesn’t really need to bw what we think of as an account.
Could it be covered, but they would still have to ask? It says if it wasn’t done at setup it has to ask, so perhaps an account-less OS would still be expected to ask for an age and provide it when asked?
Nah I don’t think it does. You don’t really get that because the intent of a law is important in court cases.
Mobile phones are specifically covered:
(g) “Operating system provider” means a person or entity that develops, licenses, or controls the operating system software on a computer, mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device.
Windows doesn’t ask at install, and also this law requires them to ask for already set up accounts too.
This will make it a lot more visible.
Nah it seems it doesn’t apply to physical devices (except general computing devices as mentioned elsewhere)
(f) This title does not apply to any of the following:
(1) A broadband internet access service, as defined in Section 3100.
(2) A telecommunications service, as defined in Section 153 of Title 47 of the United States Code.
(3) The delivery or use of a physical product.
(3) seems to imply the OS that runs your switch or gas pump isn’t included. But I see nothing in the law that clarifies servers or any CLI only interface, or even any OS that doesn’t have accounts.
Where do you quote “reasonable” from? The only part of the law with that word is referring to a different, already existing law (or the bit about reasonable technical limitations causing the wrong signals sent in the API).
Ok I did it, I read the full text of the law, and you’re right.
The existence of Linux or anything not big tech and the broad range of options within seems to be ignored. Does a CLI only OS need to provide a GUI for its “accessible interface”?
On a different note, I did see the last point here:
(f) This title does not apply to any of the following:
(1) A broadband internet access service, as defined in Section 3100.
(2) A telecommunications service, as defined in Section 153 of Title 47 of the United States Code.
(3) The delivery or use of a physical product.
(3) seems to imply the OS that runs your microwave isn’t included.
I think the next bit from the article I didn’t quote explains that:
“(2) Provide a developer who has requested a signal with respect to a particular user with a digital signal via a reasonably consistent real-time application programming interface that identifies, at a minimum, which of the following categories pertains to the user.” The categories are broken into four sections: users under 13 years of age, over 13 years of age under 16, at least 16 years of age and under 18, and “at least 18 years of age.”
I think the idea is that you would say that under 16s can’t use social media. Then you’d enforce this not with the horrendous Australian strategy of having everyone IDed, but instead you would enforce it by having an API that websites and apps could use that would tell them the age of the user.
So basically:
Windows might already have parental controls within Windows, but it’s the ability for apps and websites to know the age (or in this case age range) that is the important part.
I much prefer this than handing over ID.
Sorry but I don’t think the article text backs up the title?
The claim is that they have to enforce age verification, but the quoted law says:
Provide an accessible interface at account setup that requires an account holder to indicate the birth date, age, or both, of the user of that device for the purpose of providing a signal regarding the user’s age bracket to applications available in a covered application store.
Doesn’t this just mean it needs to ask for an age at setup, so e.g. parents can set it up with an age and they can automatically be restricted?
I don’t see anywhere actual verification is required, if you’re setting it up yourself then just lie?
Honestly, this sounds like my preferred path if we are gonna do anything.
Oh shit you’re right, it does do that!
For others, here’s what I did:
So I really enjoyed it, but I think there’s a giant prerequisite that you have to like this kind of game to start with.
If it feels like a chore then the core gameplay loop is not your thing and that’s ok.
If you like this farming style game, then Stardew Valley offers a lot of depth. Ultimately I can definitely see why some people wouldn’t enjoy it, though.
What does the workflow look like for that? Do you run it in the terminal each time, or do you bind it to a keyboard combo or have an icon on your dock/taskbar or something?
I guess the most plausible explanation is incompetence, there wouldn’t be a reason to do this on purpose (a backdoor), right? Since the company could have easily used different credentials per device that they store anyway?
GrapeneOS have a specific goal related to security. You can install one of the others, like LineageOS, if you are happy with the tradeoff.
I feel like I should up my game in vim. It’s my preferred CLI text editor, I hate when things default to nano as I have trouble working out how to use it. But I very much use the OOTB vim and only basic commands at that.
When you say you have it set up as an IDE, are you talking something that looks like the first picture here (with the red boxes)? I have so much to learn 😅
Hmm, I guess I have Joplin and I use it a lot, but it doesn’t really feel the same as a text editor. I’m not really sure how to explain it haha
Maybe I should be looking for a note taking app, but I want it for storing everything from to do list items to quick edits of code snippets so I kind of want the text editor features.
I haven’t! But the main advantage of the Notepad++ way is the files aren’t actually saved anywhere, it saves them temporarily until you choose where to properly save them. You can just keep opening new tabs and putting stuff in them and it remembers even if closed, but you don’t have to actually save them.
One thing I miss from Notepad++ that I’ve never found in a Linux text editor is the ability to just open it and type stuff and it stays there even if you close it and open it again.
Is your experience reading the OP? Because that post is full of emotion. I think the post is ironic but after Alanis Morissette I’m never sure anymore.
TBH this sounds to me like something specifically intended to not be an Australian-like solution, which they could have copied.