LeoSystemd Introduces Birth Date Support for Upcoming Linux Desktop Age Controls
Nawor3565Look, if an admin-editable “birthdate” field is the extent of the required OS-level age verification API, then whatever. I can just set it to Unix time 0 and not worry about it.
Parents can, in theory, just set up a user account for their kid with an appropriate age (birth year is plenty of granularity, just put 1/1 as the day) and get any “protections” websites want to implement.
I would prefer this over a face scan or drivers license photo any day, because ultimately it’s still 100% in control of the person who owns the hardware
If everyone punches 1/1 as birthdate, then their stats literally flag you as a risk and probably lying about your age, because so many others followed this otherwise simple advice.
You’ll get flagged quicker than anyone as a suspicious person.
The_DecryptorWho’s “they” in this scenario? Since the details being stored here are entirely private and local to the system.
If hackers have shown us anything, is that unless you totally cut the cord and run your system in a Faraday cage, then nothing is truly local to your system, and hackers will target said data.
And that’s assuming big corporations aren’t already targeting said data. You do trust big corporations right? Right? /s
Ok, well the other details I’ve got on my computer are my banking details, my credit card details, all my OTP codes and all my account passwords for every service I use alongside my SSH keys to access my VPS.
And I’m not sure EndeavourOS is that big a company, I’m not actually sure they are a company.
But sure, they can know I’m 38.
TacoButtPlugall those downvotes but you’re right
HanrahanHere ya go, fuckit, you get my real name. I died in 1955…
Look, if an admin-editable “birthdate” field is the extent of the required OS-level age verification API, then whatever. I can just set it to Unix time 0 and not worry about it.
Oh, no. That’s just what it is today. Are you new here?