alt Hacker NewsFriend. On this very forum, you will normally see me argue that further deterioration of civil society is bad and we should be doing everything to maintain society as is. However, as with most things, there is a limit. That limit varies from person to person, but it is getting harder and harder to argue that laws apply ( especially once you recognize they don't quite apply across the board ).
<< If you're going to host a service, I guess consider using Tor or something.
That one confused me. What do you mean?
I think the person meant that if you don't comply there may be civil or criminal consequences, so if you want to knowingly provide a non compliant website or app, you should host it on tor to prevent your person from being the subject of the state.
I know the CA law is civil only, so I don't think there is much CA can do if you publish an OS and don't make money from CA folks, but other implementations may decide to impose criminal penalties.