aeva
when the linux age attestation cops come for me i'm going to tell them i was born on January 1st, 1970 at exactly 00:00:00 UTC even though though I've been old enough to legally see a breast in 48 states for 20 years now
Mar 19 at 11:11pmWeb
Show threadaeva5d ago
i know your privacy and liberty are importnat to you but have you considered that microsfot might needs this feature so they can comply with laws
Show threadduck whomst meow5d ago

@aeva

turns out those laws come from facebook

Show threadaeva5d ago
@mairi right. and that's why systemd is correct to bend over backwards to comply before they're even real laws
Show threadunable to decrypt message5d ago
@aeva @mairi systemd is a startup now so they think they have to comply with these laws https://amutable.com/blog/introducing-amutable
Amutable

Amutable: A New Secure Foundation

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Show threadLexy of the Day 🏳‍⚧5d ago
@aeva @mairi wait what is going on? Do I need to rip out my Linux install too now and just run bare metal or some nonsense?
Show threadKat S5d ago
@qlexy There are a couple of distributions that don't use systemd; I know of Alpine and Chimera.
Alpine is smol and Chimera is determinedly gay, in case that helps you choose between them.
@aeva @mairi
Show threadLexy of the Day 🏳‍⚧5d ago
@KatS @aeva @mairi or I never update arch again
Show threadKat S5d ago
@qlexy I've considered that option, too, but systemd was already pissing me off badly enough to seek out a way back to the SVR4 way of life.
This change just increases the urgency.
@aeva @mairi
Show threadJohn Q4d ago
@KatS
@qlexy @aeva @mairi I haven't tried it out yet, but I recently came across a guide for switching from systemd to sysvinit on Debian. Priority is going up on that task for me.
Show threadaeva4d ago
@qlexy @mairi context https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954
userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records by dylanmtaylor · Pull Request #40954 · systemd/systemd

Stores the user's birth date for age verification, as required by recent laws in California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025), etc. The xdg-desktop-portal project is addi...

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Show threadaeva4d ago
@qlexy @mairi i do wonder what would happen in the alternate universe where the temple os guy was still alive and a contrived series of events occurred and led to him refusing to comply with age verification laws on sincere religious grounds, but that's the only person i think who could have pulled it off
Show threadEvie 🏳️‍⚧️5d ago
@aeva so you were doing crimes everytime you ate chicken?
Show threadaeva5d ago
@pupxel 🤫 😉
Show threadJeff5d ago
@aeva I'm California, so it's just going to be age ranges reported, but when they start asking the full date, I'm going to send early Dec 1901.
Show threadJoshua A.C. Newman5d ago
@aeva
[Breast seeing not valid in Idaho and Arizona]
Show threadPanic In The Darkroom5d ago
@JoshuaACNewman @aeva why?
Show threadJoshua A.C. Newman5d ago
@zlatko @aeva
I dunno, they only said 48 states.
Show threadCozy Rain Vibes5d ago
@aeva I always scroll up to self-report my birth date as Jan 1st, 1900 when possible. I have the vain hope that one day someone can point to the abundance of 125 year-olds to support the silliness of click-through age checks (not that I support real ones ofc)
Show threadLunar 🛸 ♾5d ago
@cozyrainvibes @aeva I always worry that if I do that, the platform will be like "that's impossible, you're too old!" Genuinely had that happen once, although I don't remember where now
Show threadaeva5d ago
@lunarloony @cozyrainvibes imagine getting banned from linux because you lied about your age
Show threadRonflaix5d ago
@aeva @lunarloony @cozyrainvibes It'll be Club Penguin all over again, won't it?
Show threadSimon Richter5d ago
@aeva @lunarloony @cozyrainvibes I will only attest to the greyness of my beard.
Show threadNazo5d ago
@aeva Hey what a funny coincidence! I too was born at exactly January 1st, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC even though somehow my age doesn't actually match that at all. Weird how that works isn't it? 😁