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| 2026-03-04 |
Ubuntu opens discussion on user age declaration |
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The State of California in the United States of America has passed a law which will require operating systems to collect and provide the birthdate or age of the person using the computer. This legislation has caught the attention of Linux distribution developers who will need to address this law, particularly if they do business in the USA. Aaron Rainbolt has started a discussion on the Ubuntu developer mailing list about this issue: "Recently, a new law was passed in California that requires OS vendors to provide some limited info about a user's age via an API that application distribution websites and application stores can use. Colorado seems to be working on a similar law. The law will go into effect January 1, 2027, it is no longer a draft. I do quite a bit of work with an OS vendor (working with the Kicksecure and Whonix projects), and we aren't particularly interested in blocking everyone in California and Colorado from using our OSes, so we're currently looking into how to implement an API that will comply with the laws while also not being a privacy disaster."
A similar discussion is underway in the Fedora community. Other countries and regions are planning to pass similar laws, making this a global issue rather than one specific to California.
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