Ageless Linux. We are legally required to ask how old you are. We won't

Re:Ageless Linux. We are legally required to ask how old you... by sophrosyne42 on Saturday March 14, 2026 @07:49PM (#47382599)

We should not give these human rights violations the dignity of being called "solutions", especially as they are anything but.

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Re:Ageless Linux. We are legally required to ask how old you... by alpaca128 on Saturday March 14, 2026 @08:07PM (#47382731)

That is a very dishonest way of framing these laws. Parental control does not need violating the privacy of every computer user.

Also sharing the user's personal information does not prevent gambling or protect children, it does the opposite.

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Re:Ageless Linux. We are legally required to ask how old you... by pocksuppet on Saturday March 14, 2026 @09:50PM (#47383427)

These laws don't violate the privacy of every computer user. They say that a parent shall be able to mark a child's account as being under 18, and apps shall respect that.

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Re:Ageless Linux. We are legally required to ask how old you... by alpaca128 on Sunday March 15, 2026 @06:28AM (#47386008)

Assuming apps for which this is relevant respect users and specifically children in this day and age sounds naive. It's another free datapoint to collect, in the best case for targeted ads.

Meta seems to be behind a lot of lobbying for this and they're the kind of company who does nonconsensual psychological experiments on their users: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/28/facebook...

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Re:Ageless Linux. We are legally required to ask how old you... by pocksuppet on Monday March 16, 2026 @03:42PM (#47403800)

if they don't they'll be fined.

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