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.
Ageless Linux Emerges to Protest OS-Level Age Verification Laws
https://itsfoss.com/news/ageless-linux/
32 Comments
magikmw@piefed.social · 56 pts · 153d
I mean, it will work out the same as browser DRM. It just wont work and wont allow you to connect. I for one can't wait to not be able to access facebook on os level.
pglpm@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 153d
🤝
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 151d
Iptables was already there. Or the hosts file if you're feeling lazy
magikmw@piefed.social · 3 pts · 151d
But that isn't malicious complaince :(
CaperGrrl79@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 152d
Ah, but what else won't you be able to access?
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 152d
My parents love or respect.
fartographer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 152d
Don't worry, they don't love or respect me either. I even waited to ask them until they had a free moment and were relaxed, but they just kept screaming from the moment I woke them up.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 151d
They are real dicks that way. Sorry.
j_elgato@leminal.space · 40 pts · 153d
"Ageless Linux Emerges" sounds all cosmic-horror for some reason?
...In the house of R'lyeh, Dead Tux lies dreaming
Barbarian@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 153d
Ia! Ia! Torvalds fhtagn!
randamumaki@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 153d
I would honestly love to see a non-Euclidean desktop.
pglpm@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 152d
😂 That's true! Cthulhu rules! 🐙
pglpm@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 152d
@randamumaki@lemmy.blahaj.zone @barbarian@sh.itjust.works @j_elgato@leminal.space
Damn, thank you. Reminded it's time to re-read!
FishFace@piefed.social · 14 pts · 152d
Meanwhile the enlightened will protest it by... Not filling in the age field accurately.
Atlas_@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 152d
Inb4 it becomes "upload your passport to boot"
s38b35M5@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 152d
ID verification brought to you by Wegets Hakktalot. Where information security didn't make it to the budget.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 151d
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.
FishFace@piefed.social · 2 pts · 152d
At which point the enlightened will protest by... using a different distro.
oatscoop@midwest.social · 7 pts · 151d
^creating a script to periodically change it to a random number between 25 and 120.
We have to fuck with the jackasses using it for fingerprinting too.
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 151d
Yes, this is perfect!
s38b35M5@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 152d
I would like a package you could easily install on any distro that patches age verification out of the system. I'm not switching distros (yet) for this, as much as I also am not on board with the concept of OS-level compliance with mass control and censorship.
pglpm@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 152d
I'm sure someone will come up with that. Also, I think it's important that we make clear to the devs of our favourite distros that we're going to ditch their distros if they don't take a stance.
parzival@lemmy.org · 5 pts · 152d
That's what this actually is, it's just a batch script that changes your etc/os-release to ageless Linux, and adds a noncomplience statement
Railcar8095@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 152d
A lot of distros (most I've used at least) require user creation before installing. The age verification should be there as my understanding of the text. You can't install the packages before, so this will be effective only for existing installs, unless you patch the install disk prior.
s38b35M5@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 151d
That's a really good point. At that point, we're just talking about a voluntary answer, right? I'm more concerned about the API exposed to the world, so patching that away was what I was thinking.
x00z@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 151d
They should just give the middle finger and not implement any age verification. Let those stupid US states suck it.
GenosseFlosse@feddit.org · 2 pts · 151d
Had installed it yesterday, but then later Ubuntu told me that ageless Linux has crashed. Anyone with the same issue?
humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 151d
Put default birthday as date of installation. Proper verified claim. Problem solved.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 151d
except now everyone is under age and can't sign into their email because spam had the word "penis" or "sex" in it.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 151d
oops I meant age 18 birthday as date of installation.
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 151d
Set default birthday at 1970-01-01.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 151d
proud unix tradition.