Late Night Linux – Episode 376

Discord delays their age-gating rollout but legislators are pushing for operating systems including Linux to verify ages, LLM licence laundering might mean the end of copyleft, and how and why you might want to detect Meta’s spy camera glasses.

News

Getting Global Age Assurance Right: What We Got Wrong and What’s Changing (discord.com/blog/getting-global-age-assurance-…)

US state laws push age checks into the operating system (theregister.com/2026/03/06/os_age_verification)

California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup (tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/ca…)

I have actually read the text of California law CA AB1043 and, honestly, I don’t hate it (infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/1161606370516…)

Do you really think that circumventing these things will always be a simple firmware mod or hardware hack? (chaos.social/@sleepyowl/116126002122086149)

Relicensing with AI-assisted rewrite – Tuan-Anh Tran (tuananh.net/2026/03/05/relicensing-with-ai-ass…)

Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens (theregister.com/2026/03/06/ai_kills_software_l…)

No right to relicense this project (github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/327)

Hide from Meta’s spyglasses with this new Android app (theregister.com/2026/02/25/meta_smart_glasses_…)

Dear Meta Smart Glasses Wearers: You’re Being Watched, Too (gizmodo.com/dear-meta-smart-glasses-wearers-yo…)

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