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A new bill in the US House, the 'Parents Decide Act,' aims to mandate age verification for operating systems like Windows, macOS, and Linux. This could require users to provide their date of birth to set up and use their computers.
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00:00Just when you think the world can't get any worse, the American government finds a new cool thing to ruin.
00:06This time it's a new bill in the US House called the Parents Decide Act
00:12and the goal is to cram age verification into things like Windows, Macs and the coolest OS of all, Linux.
00:20The bill would require any user of the operating system to enter their date of birth to both
00:26set up an account on the operating system and use the operating system.
00:30Plus, any program on your PC would have access to the date you entered.
00:35How would they verify your age? Great question.
00:38They don't know. No, really.
00:40The verification method is being left for the government to decide until after the bill has been passed.
00:46Well, that makes us feel better.
00:48Check out the full story on pcgamer.com and follow us here for more gaming news.
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