So, y'all remember that California, in a firework display of what happens when bureaucrats don't understand technology, passed AB 1043, requiring OS providers to collect age data?

[missconstrue@mefi.social]

So, y'all remember that California, in a firework display of what happens when bureaucrats don't understand technology, passed AB 1043, requiring OS providers to collect age data? It kicks in on January 1, 2027.

Colorado has the same boilerplate law about to pass their House. (I gotta dig into who's behind this.)

Well, now it's going national.

H.R.8250, introduced on April 13, 2026, by Rep. Gottheimer, with Rep. Stefanik as cosponsor is: "To require operating system providers to verify the age of any user of an operating system, and *for other purposes*."

So, every computer will have to be internet connected, and government verified. What else are they going to demand to see before you're allowed to participate in the economy?

You remember that Trump signed an EO declaring everyone he doesn't like a domestic terrorist, right? And we're building all these prisons to hold millions of people? Just sayin, maybe we don't want the #Stasi.

#infosec #privacy #ageverification

[huntingdon@mstdn.social]

@MissConstrue

As Harvard grad Elise Stefanik knows full well, the bill she is co-sponsoring is not about protecting children -- the go-to rationale for privacy invading measures -- or age verification.

It's about registering with the government every user of every computer operating system. Name, address, age, details of verifying documents, and many more invasive details about your computer, where it's located, the s/w it contains, and so on. The implications are terrifying.