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Re:System76 on Age Verification Laws by gzread on Friday March 06, 2026 @07:05AM (#47273961)
The alternative wasn't an ID requirement, the alternative was the client/OS sending the flag to the server/app.
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Re:System76 on Age Verification Laws by AnthonyMouse on Friday March 06, 2026 @12:15PM (#47277935)
The fear is that once you have devices sending services a flag, some asshats are going to start demanding that it be verified by the government.

But how does that do anything for you either way? Either you have two different versions based on whether the flag is present or not or you have one version and if it's adults only then you have to send the flag indicating you're an adult in order to use it.

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Re:System76 on Age Verification Laws by gzread on Friday March 06, 2026 @12:18PM (#47277991)
Browsers send a language flag to servers but I don't see anyone asking for a certification that you actually know that language.
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Re:System76 on Age Verification Laws by AnthonyMouse on Friday March 06, 2026 @03:21PM (#47280582)
I don't see anyone asking that browsers be legislatively required to send a language tag without certification either.
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Re:System76 on Age Verification Laws by gzread on Friday March 06, 2026 @07:47PM (#47283126)
Why mandate something that already happens?
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