California's A.B. 1043 shows how fast age-gating can spread down the stack.EFF warns that once operating systems start collecting age data and sharing age-bracket signals, the issue is no longer just app safety. It becomes a privacy issue, a free expression issue, and a serious burden on open-source developers and smaller platforms.That is the real danger here: normalising the idea that your device should report on you before you can fully use it.Read the links below.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/ab-1043s-internet-age-gates-hurt-everyonehttps://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVersionsCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043Should any operating system ever be turned into an age gate?#Linux #Privacy #DigitalRights #OpenSource #Freedom