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Systemd adds age verification (github.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/privacy@programming.dev
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Not to mention that they locked the unpopular pull request from reactions.

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[–] 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Would it be possible to add a layer on top that shows you when an app requests it, and shows you a checkbox about what you want it to report? Or just block the call as not supported.

Faking it to be child (or just random with each request) until you need a higher number could mess up with advertisers and in general fingerprinting.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago*

    I think it is accessed through xdg-protal, and the usage tracking and permission etc. likely happen at that layer.

    The xdg-desktop-portal project is adding an age verification portal (flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal#1922) that needs a data source for the user's age. userdb already stores personal metadata (emailAddress, realName, location) so birthDate is a natural fit.

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