nixCraft 🐧Mar 4

Ubuntu Linux is planning to comply with Age Verification law.

On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2026-March/043510.html

On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states

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@nixCraft I'm shocked that it's not a systemd module
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@mms @nixCraft UEFI age verification game has entered the chat

https://hackaday.com/2026/01/09/play-games-in-uefi-to-access-your-computer/

Play Games In UEFI…to Access Your Computer

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