I'm asking because I just had to verify my age thanks to YouTube requiring me to watch a video that was age restricted.

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[–] 92 points 3 months ago (1 child)

No no no fucking NO!

Do NOT accept this! Do NOT normalize this! DO NOT COMPLY!

Did you really need to see that youtube video? If it was that important, then find another way. Lie. Get a downloader. Get creative. Or walk away, since it was probably not that important

DON'T SELL YOUR IDENTITY FOR CONVENIENCE. DON'T WILLINGLY FEED THE SPIES MORE INFORMATION.

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  • [+] -28 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    And when they require age verification of the o/s then what?

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  • [–] 32 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Take back control of your OS. Use a different OS if you need to.

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  • [+] -10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    The law is being written so ALL operating systems will be covered. Are you suggesting I write my own os?

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Are you suggesting that all countries on earth will adopt this law, or that all developers in all countries will comply with the law of one country?

    Will all previous versions of all OSs be deleted? Will all OSs become closed source so you can't just remove the age verification part?

    Will you be the only person on earth who is willing to break an unethical law to have basic privacy?

    If yes to all the above, then you may need to start learning how to program.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    all countries on earth will adopt this law

    Sure seems like its going that way. Seems like basically everywhere shouted "think of the children!" All at once.

    Inb4 getting shouted at for assuming "The West" includes everyone on Earth

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Afaik there is already an exception being made now to exclude Open Source operating systems from this requirement, so seems like anything Linux-based would be fine for now

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    It damn well better remain an exception. I help manage a few hundred Linux systems in AWS for my employer. We patch those systems on a quarterly basis, which in some cases means building up a whole new instance from scratch. I shudder to think what it would mean if we somehow had to prove our age for each one of these systems. And whose age/identity would it be? Our CEO? Me? My boss?

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago

    For Now there’s an exception in some states in the US. The one that is going through the federal government in the US does not have that exception for what I understand.. they are also trying to make a federal law in the United States that says when you activate a new cell phone, you will have to do age verification on it. it will start as just a simple showing government issued ID. But every law gets bigger. So then they’ll just add in some sort of face scan on it.

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    As I said to another comment, the law is being wrote Where it will cover all operating systems. So exactly which one would I use if they’re all covered?

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