Comment on Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field
kogasa@programming.dev 1 week agoCan’t speak for this person as I wouldn’t have volunteered to make these changes myself, but it’s possible that he thinks implementing “harmless” versions sooner can provide a legal basis to decline to provide “harmful” versions later.
I’d personally wait for the legal challenges against non-compliant systems before moving into malicious compliance if necessary.
belazor@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
If we accept the premise that certain distros will need to comply with age verification laws (school specific ones, distros running on govt machines), then it would be better if that information was securely stored in the system database rather than relying on each school/government agency reinventing the wheel.
I will save my ire and save my effort protesting until age verification, not attestation, makes its way into my distro of choice.
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 1 week ago
Let’s not. They’re doing this backwards. If this were actually for the children, identification happens by the content, with the filters set locally.
Not BROADCASTING TO THE ENTIRE INTERNET that a child is browsing.