▲ 279 ▼ Ageless Linux Emerges to Protest OS-Level Age Verification Laws (itsfoss.com) submitted 6 months ago by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/linux@programming.dev 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/privacy/p/1261651/ageless-linux-emerges-to-protest-os-level-age-verification-laws And thankfully, it's more than just a Linux distro without age verification.
[–] Atlas_@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago (3 children) Inb4 it becomes "upload your passport to boot" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago ID verification brought to you by Wegets Hakktalot. Where information security didn't make it to the budget. permalink fedilink source parent [–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago It's linux, there would be a million walkthroughs telling you how to patch or recompile it out within a day. I like that these distros are taking a stand but it's not really going to move the needle much. What should worry us is these policies coming to hardware. It's much more difficult to modify firmware than an open source operating system. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 6 months ago At which point the enlightened will protest by... using a different distro. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago ID verification brought to you by Wegets Hakktalot. Where information security didn't make it to the budget. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago It's linux, there would be a million walkthroughs telling you how to patch or recompile it out within a day. I like that these distros are taking a stand but it's not really going to move the needle much. What should worry us is these policies coming to hardware. It's much more difficult to modify firmware than an open source operating system. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 6 months ago At which point the enlightened will protest by... using a different distro. permalink fedilink source parent