I thought Europe would do this type of stuff

This sounds like one of those laws that get used not so much to force compliance, but to punish noncompliance as part of a larger case.

Not sure if California is EU-lite or it has surpassed them, it sucks sometimes here, they are on a path to regulate and ruin everything.

Maybe this is just an unsuspectedly astute way to get Microsoft to reenable local accounts?

Waiting for BSD community maintainers reactions

This is basically the end of the Internet as it was. It's actually quite terrifying.

I thought the lefties were supposed to be the smart ones.

Can't wait to have to prove to AWS I'm 18 before launching a server.

And I'll have to give a fake ID to our automated CI pipelines, I guess.

what about the laws that say crossing the border is illegal?

Was there HN discussion at the time the bill was introduced / passed?