It seems like the Debian Edu mailing list is talking about Linux becoming age-verification API module compliant: https://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/2026/03/msg00005.html
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It seems like the Debian Edu mailing list is talking about Linux becoming age-verification API module compliant: https://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/2026/03/msg00005.html
Not what I wanted to read at 5am...
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It seems like the Debian Edu mailing list is talking about Linux becoming age-verification API module compliant: https://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/2026/03/msg00005.html
Not what I wanted to read at 5am...
@GopherPete to be fair to the concept, as annoying as it is, it's better to have something in the OS that we have control of, rather than outsourcing it all to some dodgy third party.
Age verification is a problem, but I'd rather have control of it instead of someone else.
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@GopherPete to be fair to the concept, as annoying as it is, it's better to have something in the OS that we have control of, rather than outsourcing it all to some dodgy third party.
Age verification is a problem, but I'd rather have control of it instead of someone else.
@drajt I'm concerned about feature creep among other things: if they're getting an age-range off the user, I'm sure that'll be tied in with other information that'll help to keep us "safe". Also, a lot of my usage is offline: I'll be interested to see if apps stop working for that reason.
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@GopherPete to be fair to the concept, as annoying as it is, it's better to have something in the OS that we have control of, rather than outsourcing it all to some dodgy third party.
Age verification is a problem, but I'd rather have control of it instead of someone else.
@drajt Actually, do you remember the Clipper Chip? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip
That was put in place quickly and proved very unpopular (with users) - hopefully "they" won't think of a similar option which could be included in devices without us even knowing.
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@drajt Actually, do you remember the Clipper Chip? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip
That was put in place quickly and proved very unpopular (with users) - hopefully "they" won't think of a similar option which could be included in devices without us even knowing.
@GopherPete I agree that it's the thin edge of the wedge and not ideal, but the actions of some European countries such as the UK are worse.
Many commercial social media sites are riddled with toxic content, but I think that just blocking children from them doesn't address the problem at the root, which is toxic content that makes some people a lot of money.
I agree that governments' approaches are mostly bad and wrong.
