We can always count on California government officials to intrude on technologies they know nothing about.<p>This is nothing more than a quest for cheap publicity and endorsement of various pressure groups, which promote the self-interests of their funders and staffers under the guise of the "public interest". What they really want is regulation that would let them profit from shakedown lawsuits.<p>These sorts of assaults on product development freedom need to be nipped in the bud.