cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/65292654
For those interested on the question of age verification and GNU/Linux: be aware that Systemd v261-rc1 was recently released. It now implements an optional
birth datefield in the JSON user database (see second item under “Other changes”).The implementation of this field was prompted by age-verification or -attestation laws.
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Government thugs interrogating me in a Project 2027 concentration camp cell: “we know you gave someone named ‘homeassistant’, born on 1970-01-01, access to your server, now tell use where they are!”
Yikes, I better look at some alternatives to distros that use Systemd as that contributor really rubbed me the wrong way…He was way TOO eager to comply, much like the corporations like Distro and Microsoft are. KaOS looks like a cool option, but Garuda Linux for the time being has no interest in complying with any age verification laws that are happening overseas in places that don’t have anything to do with their European home base. I’d really have to change from Fedora because…Yeah, they’d be jumping on that Age Verification train in all likelyhood. KaOS would be a fine diversion away from systemd because they plan on switching to dinit (as the devs are experimenting with it as we speak).
I have that site saved already, I was contemplating trying some of the distros on that list to be honest. Some of them scare me as the set-up is a bit more hands-on than I am currently comfortable with. It would require additional preparation to execute an install. Artix is probably one of the easiest to install, but some of the users say rancid shit all willy-nilly and I didn’t want to be part of their community as a result. Since nobody batted an eye.
I mean, it’s basically an optional gecos field. That feels a bit like writing off *nix as a whole because /etc/passwd has a place to put your phone number.
It always starts off as optional as a form of normalization…Then gradually the boundaries are pushed until we get in a worse situation. So, I won’t accept any form of age verification, optional or otherwise.
Too true. And good on you.
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