Trev 

Please don't harass people about this but saying "I didn't submit age verification for Linux, I only added a field for it in systemd" sounds a bit like "I didn't build the gas chambers for undesirable people, I just added the lables for the controls."

Yes, I'm being a little hyperbolic. However, the death of privacy and the criminalization of anyone who doesn't comply doesn't happen overnight. It takes little bits of help from many law abiding citizens.

#ageverification

Mar 27 at 10:34pmWeb
Show threadraphael23h ago
@trevdev it seems the recipe for many a person in charge of crucial projects involves ‘let boil until spine is completely dissolved’
Show threadOwen Beresford12h ago
@trevdev
This is a stupid idea.
What if pure tech things like permission to change kernel modules was expressed in "duration and ability to computer" rather than "duration after birth date".
A schoolkid has changed a kernel driver on their own device. so what?
Show threadTrev 8h ago
@channelOwen not sure I get what you're saying, sorry. What do you mean?
Show threadOwen Beresford5h ago

@trevdev I think my situation analysis is wrong.
But the requirement on systemd with age does seem misaligned.

Currently my desktop doesn't know my legal name, my bank account OR my age at present.
If i was renting services for it, I wouldn't put the card-details into the OS

Show threadTrev 4h ago
@channelOwen and if you told a computer the user is 12 I strongly doubt it will stop that bored 12 year old from getting at what they want, or worse yet, problematic content and conversions from getting to them. Parental controls are only a substitute for weak parenting. This was never about safety and we all know it
Show threadOwen Beresford4h ago
@trevdev Apropos nothing, Did MSFT fix the hole where you exec binaries with less security theatre via Notepad?
Fairly sure current 12YOs would learn that step PDQ, if they needed it