The Engineer Who Tried to Put Age Verification Into Linux

Dylan, useful idiot with commit access, pushed age verification PRs to systemd, Ubuntu & Arch, got 2 Microslop employees to merge it, called it 'hilariously pointless' in the PR itself, then watched Lennart personally block the revert. Unpaid compliance simp.

Sam Bent
@davidgerard As a spectator using linux I am really scared that things work this way. Will we be reaching the point where one has to store and maintain and "gate keep" one's own personal linux version or kernel to stop this rot? Does #nixos if pinned keep the old #systemd pre this nonsense? What else is happening we should be aware of?

@adingbatponder @davidgerard IMO the scary part is that it is seemingly considered acceptable to write an article like that, cosplaying as the FBI with that fake dossier showing the person's photo and legal name. and publish where they work and everything, just because you disagree with their views.

this article is clearly meant to intimidate them and anyone that might agree with them. if that's how we operate, what the fuck are we even doing? i thought FOSS was about collaboration and user freedom, not trying to threaten opponents for going against your idea of that freedom or whatever. i don't know that guy's circumstances, but doxxing campaigns could well end up being a much greater assault on freedom in the community than what they're trying to stop.

@notafish @davidgerard Oops. Fair point. I see the problem. It should have been anonymised. The information about who the actors are and possible motivations is of course interesting. I agree with your concern.