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Re:DoesItAgeVerify: The age verification status of Open Sour... by somat on Sunday March 29, 2026 @11:26PM (#47570092)
The California law says nothing about verification or immutability, what if someone made a mistake when putting in their age? Why do we need to hide it? Better to just let the user change this at will.
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Re:DoesItAgeVerify: The age verification status of Open Sour... by object-a on Sunday March 29, 2026 @11:31PM (#47570111)
Yeah the most likely thing (for the California law, at least) is that compliant OS's expose a form at account creation where you input a birthdate or age, and have either a CLI/file/setting where you can change the birthdate or age with admin permissions. No verification is needed
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