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 threadgunstick
@nixCraft you need to edit that file... With vim.
And if you manage to exit vim, then you have proven your age.
Mar 4 at 8:54pmWeb