Why does an operating system for a piece of computer equipment need the age of the person using it? We already use biometrics like fingerprints, faces, etc for authentication.
What’s significant about age, other than using it as an alternative data point for something harder to assess?
- https://mastodon.social/@dahukanna/115751137773638580
Related - https://mastodon.scot/@iaruffell/116272179321984186
“OK this is a stupid question, but why have Linux projects (apparently) fallen over themselves to comply with an age-recording statute in a single US state (albeit a large one), when those projects have been failing for decades to respect national and even international law regarding disability?
#accessibility #disability #linux #FreeSoftware #fascism #AgeVerification #infantilism”
OK this is a stupid question, but why have Linux projects (apparently) fallen over themselves to comply with an age-recording statute in a single US state (albeit a large one), when those projects have been failing for decades to respect national and even international law regarding disability? #accessibility #disability #linux #FreeSoftware #fascism #AgeVerification #infantilism
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