SentientNPC@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoExemption on age verification for Linux operating systemswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down14
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minus-squarezurohki@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoThere’s nothing preventing Linux from giving online services a random age. Being exempt from the law just means we don’t have to implement real age verification.
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 days agoNothing yet. Just give it a year or three before those age attestations given to websites have to be cryptographically signed by a corp.
There’s nothing preventing Linux from giving online services a random age. Being exempt from the law just means we don’t have to implement real age verification.
Nothing yet. Just give it a year or three before those age attestations given to websites have to be cryptographically signed by a corp.