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

Show threadnixCraft 🐧Mar 4

Here is how they can make it user friendly for those who lives outside those states:

cat /etc/age-verification.conf
#Enabled=On|True|1
#Enabled=Off|False|0

This needs to be configured at first boot or install time. Please note that the nature of opensource makes it next to impossible to do something like this.

Show threadFlorian JudithMar 4

@nixCraft They could probably tie it to the selected country during the installation...

I'm curious to know how the server OS will behave...

Show threadferricoxide
@Florian @nixCraft

With the fact that age/identity-verification laws are not just a US phenomena and that laws are constantly updating, that would mean keeping a well-maintained mapping-file up to date. "Path of least resistance" is to simply apply it everywhere.
Mar 4 at 1:03pmWeb