Apparently, from clicking the link in the article:
(g) “Operating system provider” means a person or entity that develops, licenses, or controls the operating system software on a computer, mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device.
But I fully agree with you that they didn’t think this through very well. Seems that nowadays, politicians see it as their jobs to destroy all the beautiful things that technology built. :(
That’s going to be so much fun for the literal millions of automatically provisioned servers owned by silicon valley companies.
On a related note how do they define a computer? Will smart tvs need it? What about smart thermostats? Cars?
What about desktop PCs with no webcams?
The bill is pretty clear that the user just has to provide their age bracket, there’s nothing about validating it, so no webcam required.
Apparently, from clicking the link in the article:
But I fully agree with you that they didn’t think this through very well. Seems that nowadays, politicians see it as their jobs to destroy all the beautiful things that technology built. :(
Hey now, dipshit politicos have existed since forever
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_pi_bill
That one ended up not passing, and while arguably it was more stupid, it was considerably less harmful.