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GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 111 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I also wonder whether or not grapheneos, or open source Linux OSs in general, will face any repercussions for failing to comply to these regulations due to the relatively low user count.

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  • [–] 117 points 5 months ago (47 children)

    Hate to say it but systemd, the init system of most Linux distros, already has PRs with maintainer backing to implement DoB recording.

    Some people can't kneel fast enough.

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  • [–] 53 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Which already has a revert commit https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41179

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  • [–] 68 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    The self-important creator of Systemd has personally blocked that PR, if I'm hearing correctly, which would suggest he or his employer Microsoft is all in on it.

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  • [–] 30 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

    It's an optional field in the userdb JSON object. It's not a policy engine, not an API for apps. We just define the field, so that it's standardized iff people want to store the date there, but it's entirely optional.

    "I'm not picking a side" and "this future proofs standardization" is of little comfort, that is seriously suspect. I ought to look to alternatives to SystemD(odge the issue failed).

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (1 child)
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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago

    Maybe this'll take the shine off that wunderkinder mess and people will finally be free to choose something more reliable. I love how RH pushed this beta software so hard and my reboots are now just shite -- unreliable and occasionally ridiculously delayed.

    I'll be glad to see the back of that metastatic shitball.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    DoB recording, and ID age verification, are two different things though.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago

    I imagine people behind this law are pretty interested in this small but powerful user base. I would just boldly assume that a lot of people responsible for independent software and privacy advocates are using Linux etc. So its a interesting user base for sure. But regulating open source software luckily is pretty much impossible and they wont give up their(our) privacy without a fight. Also, we will see how much the user base will grow when these regulations get tighter.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    Motorola* bending the knee to the mass surveillance corps and international governments comes to mind. We'll see how their deal with GrapheneOS goes now.

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