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Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.

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  • ramonfincken@mastodon.socialR ramonfincken@mastodon.social

    @catsalad really? Where

    catsalad@infosec.exchangeC This user is from outside of this forum
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    @ramonfincken Oh, nevermind.. They are discussing it

    On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states

    favicon

    (lists.ubuntu.com)

    ramonfincken@mastodon.socialR C rootwyrm@weird.autosR 3 Replies Last reply
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    • catsalad@infosec.exchangeC catsalad@infosec.exchange

      Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.

      isol@mastodon.auI This user is from outside of this forum
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      @catsalad

      Waiting for someone to burst into an operating theatre, and argue with the surgeons who are elbow-deep inside the patient, replacing their lung or spleen or coccyx, about how their operating system needs to verify the surgeons age.

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      • catsalad@infosec.exchangeC catsalad@infosec.exchange

        @ramonfincken Oh, nevermind.. They are discussing it

        On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states

        favicon

        (lists.ubuntu.com)

        ramonfincken@mastodon.socialR This user is from outside of this forum
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        #10

        @catsalad USA......
        https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/06/os_age_verification/

        gimulnautti@mastodon.greenG ainmosni@social.ainmosni.euA 2 Replies Last reply
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        • catsalad@infosec.exchangeC catsalad@infosec.exchange

          Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.

          isol@mastodon.auI This user is from outside of this forum
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          #11

          @catsalad

          What about traffic lights?
          They used to have PDP-11s running busy intersections in Australia.
          So that would mean that you'd have to verify your age before pushing a pedestrian button, because you'd be a user of that operating system.

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          • catsalad@infosec.exchangeC catsalad@infosec.exchange

            Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.

            thezorse@hear-me.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
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            @catsalad

            NES?

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            • catsalad@infosec.exchangeC catsalad@infosec.exchange

              Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.

              isol@mastodon.auI This user is from outside of this forum
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              @catsalad

              I started wondering if my TV remote control was smart enough to have an operating system, then thought:

              What happens when using remote display software to control multiple computers running different operating systems from a single monitor.

              Will you have to verify your age on the local computer, then again on each remote one?

              What happens if you have a multi-boot PC? Separate age verification for each OS?

              So many questions, so much deep appreciation for the morons who have completely thought through every single ramification of this wonderful new idea; ๐Ÿคฎ

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              • catsalad@infosec.exchangeC catsalad@infosec.exchange

                Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.

                serapath@mastodon.gamedev.placeS This user is from outside of this forum
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                @catsalad

                we need to focus hard on building serious open hardware capacities, because if ppl will opt out of proprietary operating systems which verify age, they will move age verification into hardware, so we need to avoid proprietary hardware too. ...better to start immediately supporting that and sharing options, because its not a questiin IF, but only WHEN they will do that.

                amorpheus@kind.socialA fenixmaster@mastodon.socialF fluffykittycat@furry.engineerF rootwyrm@weird.autosR 4 Replies Last reply
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                • catsalad@infosec.exchangeC catsalad@infosec.exchange

                  Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.

                  npars01@mstdn.socialN This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @catsalad

                  I am a big advocate of smuggling solar panels and wind turbines into red states.

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                  • catsalad@infosec.exchangeC catsalad@infosec.exchange

                    Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.

                    joonq@mastodon.socialJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                    #16

                    @catsalad were getting the emmerge of cyber punkers before gta6??

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                    • joonq@mastodon.socialJ joonq@mastodon.social

                      @catsalad were getting the emmerge of cyber punkers before gta6??

                      catsalad@infosec.exchangeC This user is from outside of this forum
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                      @joonq Apparently

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                      • catsalad@infosec.exchangeC catsalad@infosec.exchange

                        Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.

                        weatherpunk@mastodon.socialW This user is from outside of this forum
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                        @catsalad Seriously, what is even the enforceability on any of this? Also, whats stopping all of us from saying we are 30? Does it actually tie to any sort of identification, or are we just effectively creating "kids accounts" ala Netflix?

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                        • serapath@mastodon.gamedev.placeS serapath@mastodon.gamedev.place

                          @catsalad

                          we need to focus hard on building serious open hardware capacities, because if ppl will opt out of proprietary operating systems which verify age, they will move age verification into hardware, so we need to avoid proprietary hardware too. ...better to start immediately supporting that and sharing options, because its not a questiin IF, but only WHEN they will do that.

                          amorpheus@kind.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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                          @serapath @catsalad One day you'll probably will have to present your ID to buy hardware, binding the machine id to it, as for sim cards already. Buy new hardware now, not only because of Hormus, Taiwan and BigTech stressing memory prices, but because we all will have to wait several years for the autocratic regimes to grind each other up to the point where they crumble from their own ignorance.

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                          • amorpheus@kind.socialA amorpheus@kind.social

                            @serapath @catsalad One day you'll probably will have to present your ID to buy hardware, binding the machine id to it, as for sim cards already. Buy new hardware now, not only because of Hormus, Taiwan and BigTech stressing memory prices, but because we all will have to wait several years for the autocratic regimes to grind each other up to the point where they crumble from their own ignorance.

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                            @Amorpheus @catsalad

                            yeah, if we just wait, that day you describe will surely come.

                            Soms wait for times to change, others seizes it forcefully and act, because the best way to predict the future is to create it.

                            If we dont built the alternative and look for others who do to team up and support them to grow a strong alternative network that produces the future we want - we will for sure NOT get the future we want.

                            protesting might block studf temporarily, but not produce a better alternative

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                            • catsalad@infosec.exchangeC catsalad@infosec.exchange

                              Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.

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                              @catsalad Hmm... a murmuration of StarOS-lings...

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                              • catsalad@infosec.exchangeC catsalad@infosec.exchange

                                Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.

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                                @catsalad Governments create problems even when there aren't any. They constantly invent new obstacles for their populations in order to exercise control over them. Now another government is suggesting that open source OS should be subject to age verification. The fact that they are proposing this shows that they don't understand what FOSS is. These are Orwellian practices and, in my opinion, governments are doing this deliberately. They are consciously provoking rebellion.

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                                • catsalad@infosec.exchangeC catsalad@infosec.exchange

                                  Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.

                                  neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.ukN This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  @catsalad

                                  You are a bad influencer.

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                                  • neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.ukN neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

                                    @catsalad

                                    You are a bad influencer.

                                    prahou@merveilles.townP This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    @neil @catsalad the best type

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                                    • weatherpunk@mastodon.socialW weatherpunk@mastodon.social

                                      @catsalad Seriously, what is even the enforceability on any of this? Also, whats stopping all of us from saying we are 30? Does it actually tie to any sort of identification, or are we just effectively creating "kids accounts" ala Netflix?

                                      grumpydad@infosec.exchangeG This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      @weatherpunk @catsalad Wanna bet they expect "AI" to fix this?

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                                      • catsalad@infosec.exchangeC catsalad@infosec.exchange

                                        Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.

                                        reiddragon@fedi.catto.gardenR This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        @catsalad that's probably the single dumbest law in human history, even dumber than when it was illegal to die in a noble's house in England (real law, btw, though I might be misremembering it being in England)
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                                        • ramonfincken@mastodon.socialR ramonfincken@mastodon.social

                                          @catsalad USA......
                                          https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/06/os_age_verification/

                                          gimulnautti@mastodon.greenG This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          @ramonfincken @catsalad Servers: I run an operating system too!

                                          Will California obey the law and inspect all the data centers in California on Jan 1st 2027? ๐Ÿค”

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