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System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks
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this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2026
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they already have digital fingerprints. they don't need OS level anything to do this. smartphones are doing it all
To an extent, yes, but they could do it much more easily and accurately if there was a unique, biometric identifier associated with all your actions across your devices which cannot be disabled.