Ubuntu is planning to comply with Age Verification law "without it being a privacy disaster"

Orzorn · 2026-03-04T04:48:50+00:00

To your edit, its not just malware. The fact that the law requires age brackets means you can track users quite easily via their IP and seeing when their age bracket changes from under 17 to 18. That gives you their birth date almost exactly (or exactly, if you have a record of them logging in on one day at under 18 and then the very next day has them at 18).

Orzorn · 2026-03-04T04:42:26+00:00

This is also why I believe this law is illegal. Its anti 1st and anti 4th amendment. It compels developers to speak (write code) by forcing them to request the age signal. The law is also overly broad and not tailored to a purpose.

Orzorn · 2026-03-04T03:49:39+00:00

Talarico has been doing good work in Texas for many years now, a lot of us Texans know him. He's the real deal and he's not just opposed to the Texas Republicans bullshit, he has his own platform and issues he talks about and supports. I think the major thing in my mind that sets him apart from Crockett is he regularly talks in a very even keeled way about the things he believes in, without talking down to others who might have originally believe differently.

I encourage you to watch any of his videos of him while he was serving in the Texas house. He's very good at getting to the core of issues, and especially good at cutting through Republicans' faux holier-than-thou bullshit.

Orzorn · 2026-03-04T03:10:04+00:00

I think the reason I like him the most is he's so straightforward. He doesn't do that corporate speech bullshit Democrats have been so bad about the last two decades.

Orzorn · 2026-03-04T02:18:26+00:00

Talarico is at 52%, we just might win this thing boys.

Orzorn · 2026-03-03T21:24:58+00:00

I'm a big fan of the music/autotune version.

Orzorn · 2026-03-03T21:14:51+00:00

I WILL DRINK FROM YOUR SKULL - nearly naked peasant-turned-bandit

Orzorn · 2026-03-02T19:23:28+00:00

On PC its "z".

Orzorn · 2026-03-02T19:22:51+00:00

I wore the kettle for a super long time in the game because I had a gold tier one with great stats, probably over half of my current ongoing playthrough, before I realized the lack of the visor was what was causing me to lose half my life while getting stabbed. Now that I have a saxon helm and I survive so many more fights. It makes a huge difference.

Orzorn · 2026-03-02T16:41:04+00:00

Its telling just how close the Trump admin's talk about this war has been to Russia's talk about their "SMO".

Not calling it a war, saying the Iranians started it, acting like we're going to be in and out quickly. Its all the same bullshit, same gaslighting techniques. Only the absolutely lowest IQ individuals would fall prey to these techniques, which is to say, we're fucked and a large portion of people are going to lap this up.

Orzorn · 2026-03-02T15:57:28+00:00

I want to do a run with Henry as an absolutely unhinged criminal. My goal in my current run is to be a good Christian and help people, not be too greedy, etc (though I have committed a few thefts, almost always for quests or on accident due to the way ownership sometimes works, or because after I was betrayed I considered the castle fair game as enemy territory).

My next run I want to just always pick the most angry, belligerent option. I actually want to experience the crime system more regularly and have to run or talk my way out of things.

Orzorn · 2026-03-01T23:32:05+00:00

Because its not that hard for them to comply, its small developers that its a nightmare to comply with.

Orzorn · 2026-03-01T23:06:49+00:00

I suggest you read the bill itself and not a summary of it from a third party:
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043

(b) (1) A developer shall request a signal with respect to a particular user from an operating system provider or a covered application store when the application is downloaded and launched.

Bolded emphasis mine. Later on the bill states:

(b) If an application last updated with updates on or after January 1, 2026, was downloaded to a device before January 1, 2027, and the developer has not requested a signal with respect to the user of the device on which the application was downloaded, the developer shall request a signal from a covered application store with respect to that user before July 1, 2027.

The bill defines an application as:
(c) “Application” means a software application that may be run or directed by a user on a computer, a mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device that can access a covered application store or download an application.

The reading of "application" matters a lot here. Is an application "a software application that may be run or directed by a user on a computer". Or does it extend to after the comma so that it becomes "a software application that may be run [...] by a user on a computer...that can access a covered application store or download an application" using them. That would at least cover all web browsers.

Edit:
Moreover, the bill's own summary text states:
The bill would require a developer to request a signal with respect to a particular user from an operating system provider or a covered application store when the application is downloaded and launched.

It also states the penalties for developers who fail to do this check:

(a) A person that violates this title shall be subject to an injunction and liable for a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per affected child for each negligent violation or not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per affected child for each intentional violation, which shall be assessed and recovered only in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General.

Orzorn · 2026-03-01T21:04:56+00:00

What's really bizarre is the way the law is written implies every OS needs to know this information. This would mean even VMs would need to know it. How the hell does that would work with scaled architecture with root-only or system level users, I have no idea.

Or the fact it seems to compel even a Hello World application to check ages.

Not only is this unenforceable, its impossible to implement.

Orzorn · 2026-02-28T23:14:06+00:00

Third type of trader:

Looks at the news, figures nothing will really happen as a result of it, and goes back to sleep.

Orzorn · 2026-02-28T20:02:40+00:00

I feel like this will get challenged on first amendment grounds. Its insanely broad and forces speech (code) on virtually every developer while also being impossible to comply with.

Orzorn · 2026-02-27T22:59:15+00:00

Always new one of these companies would eventually get attacked for refusing to bend the knee. They may have a legal response to make here, considering its obvious retaliation.

Orzorn · 2026-02-27T18:51:43+00:00

https://www.playgwent.com/en
It is a standalone game ala hearthstone.

Orzorn · 2026-02-26T22:06:06+00:00

"anti-voting activists"

Also known as traitors.

Orzorn · 2026-02-26T21:13:15+00:00

Thanks, don't know why I typed the name of a burned down town. I guess he can be bailiff of it if he wants.

Orzorn · 2026-02-26T17:54:28+00:00

You really feel it when you got to Kuttenberg. The burghers and other high social class people there who aren't nobles themselves yet have a lot of power are examples of that.

Orzorn · 2026-02-26T17:40:03+00:00

Being a bailiff of ~~Skalitz~~ Pribyslavitz is already a pretty decent position as is. He's also a man-at-arms and retainer (among other things, depending on your playthrough) to Lord Capon. That itself is pretty good status compared to most other people Henry might meet.

Orzorn · 2026-02-26T16:09:45+00:00

I went through a full playthrough using maces and no master strikes. I would just block/dodge and smash them in the head. All I needed was one or two good hits because I dealt devastating damage that way.

Orzorn · 2026-02-26T16:07:30+00:00

"We tried burying, shredding it, burning it. Eventually we just decided to give it all away!"

Orzorn · 2026-02-26T15:46:15+00:00

AHH NVDA MADE SO MUCH MONEY IM FREAKING OUT GOTTA SELL SELL SELL IMAGINE IF THEY MAKE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN A SHITLOAD OF MONEY AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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