I still prefer to have this in my OS above having every Random internet vendor collecting my biometrics and id documents.
Definitely. And with trusted computing for the OS and browser so that those random internet vendors can be sure the OS performed all the required validation.
> I don't see how anyone can force this on Linux.
That will be the problem of Linux, not of the lawmakers.
As TFA notes, once this is in place, we're behind the eight ball from then on. You want to post something that the government doesn't like, something that insults our Dear Leader or promotes a political alternative? Guess who's getting an "over 21" rating by the feds. We've already seen massive speech pressure brought to bear by the FCC and there's no reason to think this won't continue.
So I'm reluctant to give 'em an inch.